Jesus said, “Come to me…” Matthew 11:28

When I was a child I would spend time on my grandparents Kansas farm, and they had a very interesting version of a telephone. It was called a “party line”. In other words, two or three, or four houses were hooked up to the same line, and all you had to do was pick up the phone just about any time day or night and you could listen in on a conversation between one of the neighbors and whomever they were talking to. Today that’s pretty much called Facebook or Twitter, but be that as it may, we love to gab with others, and listen to what others have to say.

Sharing Is In Our DNA

And yet, when it comes to our prayer life, while we seem to do a pretty good job praying for relief from our burdens, or for God’s divine intervention in our circumstances, we fall short in sharing our day to day life with Him. Have you ever spent time with Jesus just sharing your hopes, and your dreams? Or to simply vent and let Him in on the events of your day? You may be saying, “Doesn’t He know anyway?” Of Course He does, but that’s not the point. Failing to draw near to your Lord is all on you. He will not force the conversation. He’s waiting on you to say, “Here I am Lord, can we have a chat? You won’t believe what happened to me today….”