Dependency

Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me… Isaiah 30:15

We are dependent on many things… we are dependent on grocery stores to maintain and carry the food we eat. We are dependent on foreign oil and the gas stations that hold gasoline for our cars and trucks. We are dependent on our jobs and the money we receive to pay the bills we’ve acquired.

We are dependent on these and many more things to stabilize, fulfill, and equip the quality of life that we enjoy. We believe that the grocery store and our favorite gas station will be on the corner come tomorrow. We believe that our job will be waiting for us after a summer break, a vacation, or a leave of absence.

Are we so dependent on God? Do we recognize our dependency on him? Or is God someone/something that we call on only when we need something? Is he more like a ‘jenny in the bottle’… a ‘god in a box’ that we pull out when necessary?

Can we recognize our dependency? Do we see our need? Or, are we blind… self fulfilled, self righteous, and very, very religious?

In the midst of our prosperity what is our greatness need? Is it the ‘golden images’ of prestige, honor, and acceptance? Is that empty spot in our hearts filled with the delicacies of this world? Are we satisfied in the midst of filth?

Or, is there a longing…? A hunger? A thirst for the righteousness of God in your heart? Is our hearts longing for Christ return or do we want him to take his time…? Is this truly our home or do we long and look for another?

Many call on the name of God but are they dependent on him? Dependency demonstrates our reliance and are need for God in our lives. Our dependency recognizes God’s exalted position compared to ours…

We pray and read God’s Word because we are dependent on him to show us how to walk closer to him… we read and pray because we long to be closer to him in our relationship with him… to do other wise is a religious front…

Everyone is dependent. Everyone has a dependency? What is yours?