We are in a loving partnership with God. We do all things with Him. We never do anything alone.
Every moment God is there partnering up with each of us. When we realize this, we can wake each and every day with an excitement and energy knowing that no matter how good or bad we expect the day to be, God is with us and that will make it an amazing day.
All God asks is that we show up. He desires that we partner up with Him. We recognize that what we are doing is not done alone. We have a partner that is there doing our task with us. When we give God our yes and show up, He is there. This is true of all aspects of our lives… We just need to say yes and show up.
At times prayer is dry and it’s hard to even begin. Show up. We may wonder why bother. It may seem that our prayers aren’t changing anything. Show up and praise God for all He is doing to work things out anyway. We need to be aware of this partnership in our prayer life just as we would do with any other area of our lives.
In the circumstances within our life, in our encounters with our neighbors and when we see we can do nothing to cause calm and peace in the world other than pray, we need to show up knowing and believing that when we say yes and show up to do what little we can, God partners with us and does the rest. When we show up with this awareness and love for God and God in our neighbor, we glorify God and amazing things happen even if we can’t see them.
In practicing this with the daily little things in life, we can build up many joyful memories that can hold us up in the more difficult times. Feeling tired and unmotivated to do anything? Say yes and make a first step. Show up and take note of where you may feel energy. That’s God honoring your yes. Not feeling well? Feeling down? Try with all you can to show up and then take note of what happens. For instance, who may have called and lifted you up enough so that you could get much done and feel better about yourself? You have to make dinner again, but feel uninspired. Suddenly inspiration comes for no reason other than you have been God inspired. As evening rolls around and you think back on your day, how exciting it can be for you to know that simply by showing up with nothing more than your yes, God came and in partnership He supplied all your needs. What may have looked like a day where you were going to go to bed feeling blah, unproductive and even alone turned out to be a great day because God partnered up with you. Your yes is all He needed to supply all your needs and make your day one filled with joy, but that’s not all. One simple yes can bring about an overflow of your needs AND whether you realize it or not, the needs of others because we are one.
Waking up each day with hope-filled anticipation because you know you are taking the day on with God can change everything. Your yes to the partnership can change your interior life, your active life and the lives of others even if you don’t see them. It can help you in all circumstances including encounters with your neighbor so you can love both them and God in them. Even in a world where you seem small you can say you made a difference simply by saying yes. In partnership with God, yes is a very powerful word.
Prayerfully Reflect on the following with God.
Read 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 and carefully reflect on each of the following
- Being in partnership with God
- Doing our part in showing up
- Trusting that when we do our part, whether we are aware or not, God is doing His part to change things for the good.
- Reflect on anything else that may have touched you in this passage.
On the first Christmas, how many were aware that the world was about to change due to a yes in partnership with God? (Luke 1:26-39)
On Holy Thursday how many were aware that the world was about to change due to a yes in partnership with God? (Matt 26:36-46)
How does all this effect your relationship with God in your prayer life, active life and with your neighbors you know and do not know.