Deposits or Withdrawals??

Your bank statement just came in today. Unfortunately your account has an under-draft fee. Apparently you haven't made enough deposits into your account for the balance in your life to be positive and thus you have nothing saved up. How's your spiritual bank account today? Have you made enough deposits to God through prayer today....this week? Pray to save up your positive outlooks this week!

Ever wonder if you're being heard up in heaven? By God or by Jesus....or even maybe that guy who is standing at the pearly gates? So many times I hear younger Christians base their beliefs or lack there of on the fact that God doesn't make their "wishes" come NOW!! What about God's wishes for us? Do we ever stop and think about how much we attempt to "withdrawal" from God's grace account? How about the low balance of His mercy account? (Assuming there is a limit to mercy when there isn't)

Each time you pray, is it the same ol' same ol' way of talking to Him? Do you feel your eye lids start to heavy more as you think of the next creative word to use...thinking deep down you may stump God? Stop right now....STOP! Take a deep breath...and let it out SLOWLY.....and just LISTEN! Not for a second, ten seconds or even just one minute! LISTEN....for as long as God leads you to. Hear that still small voice....pay attention to the God deposits to your life all around you.

Once you take the time to check your balance of the deposits He gives, with NO withdrawals....you will realize how far behind you are in your deposits and you have just your lifetime to try and catch up!

Talk to Him. Talk to Him NOW and don't candy-coat it, don't fluff it up. Just say your peace, your hurts, your frustrations, your confusions, your sense of loss....He's listening and enjoying the deposits coming in!

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full." -Matthew 6:5 (NIV)