"Remembering God"

"Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve."  Joshua 24:15

A rabbi once summoned the townsfolk to meet in the square for an important announcement.  The merchants resented having to leave their businesses.  The farmers could scarcely see how they could leave their fields.  The housewives protested against leaving their chores.  But obedient to the call of their spiritual leader, the townspeople gathered together to hear the announcement their teacher felt was so important to make at that time.

The rabbi said, "I wish to announce that there is a God in the world." And with that he departed.

The people stood in silence---stunned, but not bewildered.  They understood what he had said, with an understanding born of a heartfelt conviction. They realized they had been acting as if God did not exist.  While they observed rituals and recited the correct order of prayers, their actions did not comply with the commandments of God.  Their daily bread was sought and taken with little thought and reverence for God.

We may not openly deny God, but we try to confine Him to some remote corner of life. We keep Him away from our daily doings, associations, obligations, experiences, joys, heartaches, and all the commonplace things required to keep body and soul together.  The fact is however:

There is a God in the world you call your neighborhood.

There is a God in the world you call your workplace.

There is a God in the offices you frequent, the hospitals you visit, the airports through which you travel, the shops in which you make your purchases, and the dozens of places you walk in the course of a week.

There is a God......and He wants to be a part of everything you do.

Recognize He is with you wherever you go today.  The knowledge that He is with you and that He is interested in every detail of your life will bring joy and peace to every experience.

(Breakfast with God pgs.132-133, Honor Books, Inc.)