I heard a preacher from my home church this morning at my college home church preach about David and Ziklag. The story comes from 1 Samuel 30, and I recommend biblegateway.com to read the verses if you'd like. However, this verse really spoke to me. For some reason lately, I've not been happy with what God's been giving me. I've felt so alone sometimes, so bored, and so completely unmotivated. It makes me feel like a hypocrite because I never say anything's wrong when my friends ask, but I really don't want them to worry, and God knows that they probably have bigger things to worry about than my troubles. However, I haven't been leaning on God when I need Him. Or even when I don't think I do. I need to trust Him more fully than only with the big things and the time of day when it's convenient for me. I need to stay focused, and be encouraged by God's presence rather than His presents. Did you catch that? I need to be focused on what I'm doing for God, and the simple fact that He is leading me. He is also blessing me, and I should be thankful, but not to the point where I no longer act like I need any more blessings.
We all need to delight in the Lord, making Him our priority and someone that we love to think about and learn about and talk to. I hope that you can feel God's presence in your life. If you can't feel or know His presence, then why would you expect any presents?
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