Yesterday morning, as I spent time alone with the Lord, I found myself a bit all over the place. I was fiddling with random things, my mind wandering to a million different thoughts, and just couldn’t seem to stay focused.
But then a smile spread across my face, and my heart started to dance. It dawned on me that I could invite the Lord into that very experience of being distracted and fellowship with Him in my efforts to manage it. Instantly, it wasn’t just my issue; it became ours. What initially felt like a barrier to connecting with the Lord became a shared experience between us. It was wonderful! I remembered that being with Him wasn’t a performance and He wasn’t there grading my focus or my ability to stay on task.
I was reminded that He can bless whatever I bring to our time together, no matter how scattered my thoughts may be. He understands the fragments of my mind just as well as the deepest and loftiest expressions. And then this thought flashed like a beacon: It is more important to the Lord that I believe the right things about Him than it is to say things in the “right” way to Him.
In the words of the apostle John, “…we know and rely on the love God has for us” (1 John 4:16). We rest in His love for us, not on any skills we bring to the table. In that moment, I chose to believe that He delights in me – not in my presentation, which led me to rejoice in my relationship with Him all the more.
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