Where is God?

After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Luke 2:46-50

At times we may feel lost or that no matter how hard we try we can never get back on track. In this passage, Joseph & Mary lost track of Jesus' whereabouts and were frantically trying to locate him, searching everywhere asking everyone. We too are the same way with our faith. We stumble a little bit and by the time we get back up we look around disoriented. Our heart becomes anxious and mind begins to panic because we lost our bearings. This scripture reminds me to stop looking with my physical eyes and pay attention to the Holy Spirit within me. He will tell me exactly where to go and when. We are being reminded that God is always right where He's always been.

This is a great scripture that I haven't really meditated on much. I love the closeness and intimacy God invites me into. I can see how easily I lose my way in this world. My faith is tested a little bit and I want to bail; want to go back to my old sinful ways. God has chosen and invested so much so that I may never lose my way back to Him and how do I repay it? With disobedience and adultery.

I like to think I'm close to God but there are so many missed opportunities to glorify Him. I lose my way back to Jesus because I'm not wearing Jesus. I have Him in my heart but in a selfish way. I only fill myself up to the brim with faith but once it's at the point of overflow I say enough. It never overflows to the point where it spills out unto my outsides... the place where I can do good deeds and works in His name. I need to remember I can't do the calling of the God without filling my insides with the Holy Spirit; deeds done without this overflow is empty.

Heavenly Father, so blessed are all Your children by the many sacrifices You've given. I thank You for allowing me to hear this message. I pray LORD that I put on my new self, my new identity in Christ Jesus and discard all my old ways. I died and am risen with You! Help me to pause and be still with prayer and the filling only You can provide. Help me to remember this so that I can go into every situation wearing Your priestly garments instead of my ragged & torn ones. I'm in You and You in me... thank You!