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James 4:8  ESV  

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.


What are the things that keep you going?  There are most likely lots of answers to that question.  Some are real good.  Some if we are honest are not good at all.  Yet we do know that some things in life are vitally important.


It is kind of like a car.  There are many pieces that have to work together for the vehicle to preform as it it supposed to.  You have to have fuel that burns correctly.  There needs to be a battery that is charged enough.  And so much more.


Our bodies are the same.  The heart has to be pumping, but there has to be plenty of blood, good blood, to flow through our veins as the heart pumps.  Our brain has to be sending the right signals for all things to work as they should.  We also have to be at the right body temperature.


I think you get my point.  There are many things that we need.


There are things that we allow to get in the way of what is vital.  This might be the various distractions that come along our journey each day.  Often our enemy is throwing some of those our way.  Another things that gets in the way is hurt feelings.  They are real, but are feelings vital to the body functioning properly?  The answer is no.


So that is the body we live.  That was about a car.  But what about us spiritually?


How do we live and breathe spiritually so that life and our connection to God are clear?  That is a loaded question also packed with many things that can be answers.


Yet today I suggest that our real answer is a clear connection to God.  Hearing from God and receiving from Him are vital to our spiritual lives being healthy and strong.  So many things get in the way.  


Feelings and offenses get in the way.  Selfishness and pride get in the way.  People who don’t care and problems that get blown out of proportion get in the way.


My suggestion for today, and every day for that matter, is to maintain a clear and guarded connection to God.  Be sharing.  Be listening.  Be ready for God.


John 15:4-5  NLT 

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.


Stay connected to God.  Choose that reality for you today and the days ahead!

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