In Touch Daily Devotional
Our Relationship With God
Bible study, prayer, and obedience are habits that help us maintain a healthy connection to God.
March 31, 2025
Psalm 119:33-40
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me through Your righteousness.
By trusting in Christ, we enter into a lifelong relationship with the Father. As believers, we have a responsibility to keep that connection healthy.
First, we must learn about our new family. In the Bible, God gave a detailed description of His attributes and values. And through Jesus’ earthly life, we can better understand His Father’s divine character.
Second, we should stay in close contact with the Lord through prayer and study of His Word. It’s important that we resist the temptation to put people, work, or pleasure ahead of Him.
Third, we must respond to what God has communicated to us. He’s given instructions for living and explained what pleases Him. In healthy families, people pay attention to each other.
Finally, we’re to grow stronger in our likeness to God. As we cooperate with the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, we will start to think and act like our heavenly Father.
God the Father provided salvation through His Son, who died so we could become spiritually alive. Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.
God’s Spirit is doing His sanctifying work in us (1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.) Are we doing our part to keep the relationship healthy?
