I’ve been out of town at our Annual Prayer Conference. It was held in the beautiful city of Aiken. I stayed at the Country Inn and Suites. It was a beautiful place that my wife and I enjoyed very much. The only problem I had was the way they did their internet. They had free wireless…… in the lobby. It was free but it wasn’t convenient. In the morning, I had to go down to the lobby and find a place to sit down long enough to get on to check email, respond to email, etc. That wasn’t a big deal, but I like to check stuff all through the day. Kinda of hard to do it when you think about it because you would have to pack up, transfer to the lobby and set up there in order to get online. NOT CONVENIENT!

It made me think about our fasting. Not necessarily convenient. There are times that we don’t get to eat with others, have to turn down invitations, dismiss ourselves at certain times to spend that time with God. Not exactly convenient. But if we want to get “online with God”, the inconvenient times are exactly what we need. We need to get out of our routine, out of our comfort zone and pack up our stuff and move to another location to plug into Him. It’s then we really appreciate what we’ve had all alone. It’s my times with God that make me so aware of all the blessings I have from Him.

Keep us the covenant you’ve made with God. Your “afterward” is just ahead!!!!!