60/60

So, a pastor friend of mine and I have been working through a book called "Soul Revolution" together for a while now. We began it knowing that what it was going to ask us to do would be a challenge.

Here is the basic premise. The author of the book, John Burke, challenges the readers to a 60 day, sixty minute challenge. He challenges the reader to stop every 60 minutes and spend time with God and to reflect upon how much in the past 60 minutes you have actually spent with God or with an intentional awareness of His presence. How much, during the last 60 minutes, have you spent consciously living in the presence of God.

Two days ago, I finally took the time to to set the calendar on my phone to alarm every 60 minutes from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. For the past two days, I have been stopping every 60 minutes to spend a few intentional moments with God. This has been a challenge at times because during a few of those moments, to stop meant that I had to interrupt a very specific task that I was doing in order to focus my attention on God. Other times, I was simply able to pray and talk to God while doing whatever it was I was in the middle of.

I share this with you because I have been incredibly blessed the last two days to be doing this. It has increased my awareness of God as being ever present in every moment of my life. I have been blessed....ah, there goes my alarm. Be right back.

As I was saying, I have been so very blessed to be increasing my awareness and interaction with God. I have been using these times to build and strengthen my prayer life. I have intentionally prayed for my church family and their needs, my family, my friends, and in worship of God and His attributes. I remember a time in my life when my sensitivity to the things of God was so clear and intense it would have been unheard of for me to not go through a single day without noticing at least two to three specific things I saw God doing. As life has increased it's intensity and urgency; its busyness that sensitivity has dulled. The last two days I have already begun to sense that sensitivity growing. I am excited and looking forward to the next 58 days and beyond and seeing my relationship with God grow through intentional relationship building.

Can I challenge and encourage you to join me on this journey? For more specific information, click on the title of this article and it will take you to the website of the book "Soul Revolution."

May God richly bless you in your journey to a deeper relationship with Himself!