God Apps

This past week at my home group we were discussing the importance of prayer in our everyday lives. We talked about the discipline of having times of prayer at church, in the mornings and evenings, but more than that we needed develop a habit of prayer where we incorporated God into every aspect of out lives. One of the ladies in the group was sharing about how stressful her job was and how she continually turned to God for wisdom and help in dealing with people who had terrible attitudes, got angry, and even cursed at her over the phone.

As she was sharing, another woman in the group picked up on the discussion and began to talk about how hard it is for us to understand, believe, and tap into the spiritual realm. However, we have all kinds of electronic devices, such as I-pads and smart phones, of which we have little understanding about how they work, but we constantly use them to get information out of the air and instantly communicate with people all over the world. Her husband spoke up and said, “What we need is a God app.”

The fact is that we do have God “apps,” such as gifts, fruit, and power of the Spirit, prayer and the Word. Jesus told the disciples in John 16:7-8, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.” When we are born again, we receive a tremendous gift from God, the Holy Spirit, the Helper who dwells in us always. We have access to the Author of life who knows all things and has unlimited resources, but we are too busy to learn how to use our God given apps.

My children are much better than I in using their smart phone because they spend hours exploring the limits of its use. It is such a part of their daily lives that they feel they could not live without it. You only get to know the Holy Spirit by spending time with Him and incorporating Him in every aspect of your life. He needs to become such an important part of your marriage, family, work, and finances that you cannot function without Him. He is your one-stop solution to everything.

Jesus said, “When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.  He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.  All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:13-15) 

Don’t just use your smart phone to make emergency calls, or worse yet, leave it at home. Get to know the Author of life who lives in you. He is an awesome genius who knows everything and has infinite resources that are available to you for every situation.

Andy Clark