Face Time with the Almighty

I asked in my devotion book about a year ago --
"What is this time [being single] for?"

God's answer seemed to be-- "To know Me. To spend with Me." And I was glad.

It is important as a single person that we take the opportunity and the time singleness affords and use it to come closer to God. So often we go through periods of real growth where we feel very close to God, and then, almost suddenly, we find ourselves drifting away in the relationship. Periods of growth seem to always be followed by periods of deadness where even prayer seems difficult. It is not really a fallow period in our spiritual life, but more like stagnation. Temptation hardly finds any resistance during these times, while disobedience --and downright rebellion-- against God doesn't even seem to matter as it should. We know it is sin, but we are apathetic, we don't even care that we're sinning.

It is crucial that we don't slack off or neglect our prayer and devotions during this time, even though it seems fruitless and we don't "feel"(a dangerous word) close to God or that He is listening to us. We must cling to the guide rope even when we can't see the Person who leads us.

These stagnate periods are insidious attacks of Satan. He tells us:
"You're too tired or busy for nightly devotions--save your strength and go to sleep instead."
"Don't read tonight--you wouldn't get anything out of it anyway--just pray instead."

But neglect of Bible reading and devotions leads to neglect of prayer, and then where are you? You have effectually severed your connection with God. Just saying meal prayers and "quickies"(the prayer equivalent of instant messaging) is almost worse than no prayer at all. You acknowledge God's existence, but you don't deign to spend quality time with Him. Is you attention really focused on God for those few seconds of thoughtless thanks or desperate petition? Are you really learning about God and standing heart to heart with Him? Is it an embrace or a perfunctory peck on the cheek as you pass on your way to other "more important" things?

Are you only sending God on errands? Beware -- God is not your errand boy! He is no mere page, but a Warrior-King!! --and you treat Him as a minion and mere djinn to do your bidding?! For Shame!

Come into His arms and "learn of Him"(Matt 11:29). Let Him be the focus of your day and you will never waste it or be alone.

His left hand is under my head and his right hand doth embrace me.
Song of Solomon 2:6