1John 5:21 Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts.

One of the hardest things in our lives to do is to not replace God. I have, in the past and in the present, replaced Him with just about everything you could imagine. In the King James and several other translations of this scripture, it says, little children keep yourself from idols. Here we have classic God. We will always be little children in Gods eyes. Little children are a great example of us. Little children, when they are first born, rely and truly need their parents. Especially mom! They have a need that has to be fulfilled. The need to be fed, changed, held and loved. Then in a few months they begin to walk, talk, feed themselves liberally and want their own way. When they get a booboo they come running and want Mommy or Daddy to fix it and make it all better. But then, when it is better they run back and do their own little thing. Soon parents are replaced with Sponge Bob and Patrick, Phineas and Ferbe, Miley Cyrus and American Idol. But Mom And Dad are still there to take care of the booboo's. Then one day they want to get out on their own. Take the challenge of life in their own hands. But Mom and Dad are still there when they get hurt. In life it is hard to understand these things until you experience them yourself, because children grow up, become parents and the cycle continues. But in Gods eyes we are always little children trying to replace Him and we can't.

Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world."

God wants us to know Him as the #1 Dad but He also wants us to know Him as LORD. He says,”know I am God!” (Psalm 11:4) But the LORD is in His holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth. Do you see this? He still rules, He watches “everyone” closely and He examines every person on earth. Our own parents, even if you had the strictest parents on earth, could not do this. But Our Lord knows every intent and desire of our heart. He knows the number of hairs we have and he knows when we loose one. So why is it God calls us children? Because we won't sit still long enough to get to know Him. We are like 5 year old's on a long trip, are we there yet, are we there yet. We can't stand waiting. Do you know what? God doesn't like waiting either but He is always waiting for us. He is waiting for us constantly for one thing or another. But mostly He waits for us to respond quietly to Him and say, yes Father, not my will but yours be done. Do you know why it only took Jesus 331/2 years to accomplish His Fathers will? Because He simply made His Father Lord and did what His Father wanted Him to do without coaxing, prodding, turning Him around in the right direction and disciplining His life because He wouldn't. Jesus spent hours alone with His Dad, being still, listening and waiting on Him so He could walk in the path Father wanted Him to go.

Matthew 11:28 Then Jesus said, "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. (29) Take My yoke upon you. Let Me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (30) For My yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."

Are you tired of trying to figure out Gods plan for your life? Go to Him and sit down, have a few words with Him and just tell Him. But don't just jump up after 5 minutes of you telling Him, sit there until He talks to you. If you get nothing else out of this time with God than rest, it has accomplished something. But if you spend more than a few minutes a day with Father God, you can find out a whole lot about His plan and purpose for your life. Or you can be a typical human child, grow up and get out on your own, then call on the Father just to get you out of trouble. (Isaiah 55:6) Seek the LORD while you can find Him. Call on Him now while He is near. (1Chronicals 16:11) Search for the LORD and for His strength; continually seek Him. Put these two scriptures to work in your heart now and allow Father God to speak to you. You will know when it is God, because you will know His voice. But if you do nothing neither will He.