Today’s Thought “Deafening Silence” G. Ward

James 4

³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures. ⁴ You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

 

Faith is difficult, only because believers yet exist in the flesh, along with surrender to the Almighty’s will (found in His Word). Incessantly, there’s a conflict of two natures and best practice in the spiritual one desired, makes us less prone to selfish error. We however, cannot pursue Holy God with thankfulness upon rising, then at mealtime and bedtime, along with unfolding a meditative passage (chosen only for its inspirational value, purposely avoiding His chastening), to think we’re being perfected. The obstacles upon getting off our knees are far too great, that seeks to resist the shiny things of life. Nor can the illustrious struggle persist, that presumes a periodic visitation to worship and grow with fellow believers; portraying this as acceptable (*many have yet to attend midweek discipleship training, while more dedicated to their fraternal and civic affiliations), and whereas trials are an accompaniment to every life, those same (untrained) will soon cry out to Holy God for immediate reprieve, to hear crickets (*Prov.1:24-30).