Personal Relationship with God

— Midweek Meditations:
thoughts, inspiration and encouragement
from ACF community members —

Having a community of wonderful, diverse, and loving people is truly a blessing.
To be there for one another, to love your neighbour as yourself, to uplift and encourage each
other as a church is a beautiful way of living indeed.
As much as we excel in this field, it’s also imperative to develop a personal relationship with
God.

What makes a good relationship?
Some of the qualities of a good relationship include communication, understanding, and
trust.
The best and most effective way to communicate with God is through prayer.
Prayer doesn’t always have to be a list of everything we want from God.
It can be a conversation, a question, a confession, a way to align our thoughts with His, or a call
for understanding His plan in our life.
We must remind ourselves that Jesus calls Himself our friend, a person whose company we can
enjoy, a person with whom we can converse freely – God, who wants to build a relationship with
us.

Now, how do we cultivate understanding in the relationship?
We can do so by reading His Word and meditating on verses in an effort to get to know Him
better. Going to church and listening to the pastor, doing a small Bible study in our free time – all
of this helps us understand God and discern His ways from the ways of the world.
Finally, we must also learn to trust God if we want to build this relationship with Him.
We must have faith in Him, irrespective of how impossible our requests may seem. Trust also
includes letting go of the outcome and leaving it to God, because we know that His plans for us
are higher than our own.

It’s time to take a step back and reassess our relationship with God. Is it stagnant, a little
forgotten, maybe taken for granted? If we can care so much about all the wonderful
relationships we’ve built here on earth, how much more should we care about our relationship
with God Almighty, our Creator?

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The ACF Midweek Meditations
are written by a diverse group of our church members with the intention to seek God’s fingerprints in our lives. They range from somber to humorous and are inspired by all facets of live and faith. Written by ordinary people from all walks of life, they reflect a wide range of Christian backgrounds and spiritualities.

Each week’s text portrays the individual viewpoint of its author. They might not always resonate with everyone, and are not meant to be understood as representing the Anglican Church Freiburg as a whole. Yet, as a church that is aiming to ‘Build a Community of Grace’ we seek to practice learning from and listening to one another.

We pray that these humble ponderings add a small spark of blessing to your week.

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