When was the last time you encountered God? I mean, actually came face to face with God in such a way that you knew God was with you and speaking to you?
I have to be honest, I have to really think about this sometimes. It is not that God is not present and with me – I know that is a fact. But my problem is that I am normally too distracted to notice. My life is hectic! There are always emails that need a reply, phone calls to make, sermons to write, kids to tend to – and then after breakfast it really gets crazy!
You get the point. And I am sure that your life is no different. Our culture has ingrained in us that more is better and so we try to do more. Unfortunately, we tend to fill our lives with really good things to the neglect of the best things.
Brother Lawrence figured this out. You can read more about Brother Lawrence here. He realized that when we approach our everyday tasks from the standpoint of taking them on in order to please God, our focus changes. All of the sudden we can sense God more fully in everything we do.
You see, God is at work all around us all the time. Our missing an encounter with God is not because God is not at work. The missed encounter is due to the fact that we are not in tune with what God is doing.
Try this today: with every task you undertake, think to yourself, “I want to do this in order to please God.”
I would love to hear how this turns out!
Be blessed today!
Clay in the Hands 
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