More and More

The more answers I get from the Lord, the more I understand about Him, the more prayers He answers before I hardly ask, the more I seek Him.

Since arriving in Basel a month ago I have had no phone and very limited Internet access. I don't speak German, so my daily conversations with folks on this earth are minimal. The tv is in German, only CNN is in English. American news from a British perspective. No radio-you have to pay for it here. No meetings to attend. The children do not have lessons to be driven to and fro. A small apartment requires little up keep. Few possessions that require care. No garden to tend.

It took God moving me 5000 miles from what is familiar to slow me down, to regain focus I have not had in over 15 years. I can remember a time when I put my first two little ones down for a nap each day and spent time with the Lord. Intentional, purposeful time. I would read the Word and just listen.

After we had been here less than two weeks, Landon stated that when we return to Oklahoma we should get rid of all of the stuff we don't use. He realizes the simplicity.

Now, I am back to having intentional, focused, undistributed time with the Lord. In His goodness, because I did not make time for Him, He created an environment in which I do not have to make time. I don't have carve out a little place for Him. We, my Father and I, are in a wide open place. It is like sitting at a ten foot long banquet table. Him at the head and me at the other end. The feast before me beautifully prepared. I drink from His cup and eat of His bread. He gives generously. An unending meal. Silver trays, one after another, with every question, need and concern met.

I whisper my needs and He replies. The sweet voice of the Holy Spirit.

The book of Acts chapter 2 verse 33 : "Moreover, he has been exalted to the right hand of God; has received from the Father what he promised, namely, the Ruach HaKodesh; and has poured out this gift, which you are both seeing and hearing. "

This is a place I never want to leave. Not this physical place, this relationship.

Listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3GijrnfStk