Wouldn't it be great if God operated by texting? Life would be less stressful, more convienent, and I'd be more effecient checking off items on the 'to do' list. Text over the concern about that project...check! Ask God for safety as I head home... check! Ask for wisdom with that neighbor and finances... check! I mean if God texted he'd reply to my concerns. project taken care of... angels sent ahead for ur trip...i care for the birds and flowers, i'll care for u (Matthew 6:8-14) -God
Texting is instant, convienent, no time wasted chatting, and brief. I mean life would be simplier if God was just a text away.
Yet texting can be incredibly frustrating. I was a bystander yesterday and heard two friends going at one another. "Text me, later." The friend said,
"No, u never responded to mind yesterday." "You didn't send one." "Yes I did." "I never got." Sometimes u don't know if the receiver actually got it or is avoiding you. You don't know if the receiver understood what you were saying. Or say your with a group of friends and someone starts texting. You don't know if the person next to you is texting about you to someone else or multitasking.
What a great gift that God give us His communication system to use and not our faulty texting. God's powerful communication of prayer has been given to us. Available 24/7, not just when there is battery life. Our messages are always received (1 kings 9:3 " I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me...). We have guaranteed delievery and guaranteed answers. Maybe in His time, Maybe in His way, Maybe for His benefit, certainly He knows what is best for us! Our all knowing God hears our prayers, those spoken and those on our hearts (Romans 8:26). So "I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my sprit, but I will aslo sing with my mind" 1 Cor. 14:15
