Winter

It is essentially winter in our part of the world now.

That means all of us have to try and keep warm.

Some people are digging out their winter wardrobe or hitting the shops for some new winter threads.

Some people have already been chopping wood before this event to make sure they have fuel for their fires.

People like me who don’t have a wood burner are planning our power consumption carefully and trying to get the balance right.

The point of all that I have mentioned is this…

To stay warm you have to put some effort into it.

It won’t just happen on its own.

I think the same applies to your relationship with God.

Paul told Timothy to fan into flame the gift of God.

Fanning means to make some effort, to take some responsibility for it.

Doing something to get the fire going.

The Bible even talks about Hot and Cold.

That each of us have a temperature reading that totally reflects where we are at with God.

So as you reflect on the change to winter.

As you reflect on your need to keep yourself warm.

May it remind you to put some effort into your relationship with God. To be intentional about it.

That way, while you sit there keeping yourself warm in a natural sense, you can enjoy being also warm or even hot in a supernatural sense.

I think that sounds pretty good...don’t you?

Something to think about…