LEARNING DAILY

Psalm 36:7, How priceless is Your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of Your wings.

I am going to take today to give a simple lesson involving Ranger, our cat. It’s been a while since the last lesson I was taught through him. If God can use a donkey to teach Balaam, He can use a cat to teach me something I needed to catch.

I was writing Monday’s blog Sunday when in comes Ranger. He jumps up on my desk and promptly plops himself on my computer. I was quick this time and saved my work and shut the lid before he laid on the computer. I have learned to do this the hard way! If you don’t remember, Ranger is mostly white with a couple of black spots on his forehead (It looks like a mask that the Lone Ranger wore in yester years – thus the name Ranger). He comes in after he has spent what looks to be quite a while rolling in the dirt. Because of that, he is now a light shade of dirt color. He has laid down across the computer, the desk and laid his head into my hand. Now, this is not a new happening, and I know he wants attention from me; he wants his head rubbed. He will also push his head back so I can stroke under his chin down to his chest.  And there we were for the next 10-15 minutes.

I had finished my reading/study in the Psalms and had been writing Monday’s blog. Now I am trying to meet the needs of this cat. I really enjoy Ranger doing this. I enjoy him jumping up into my lap, which he does not do often. As I am rubbing his head, my thoughts go to what I have been reading and writing, and I start to consider how much God loves me (substitute your name for me). Just like Ranger came to me, as dirty as he was, God desires that we come to him with all the dirt and grime in our lives. In order to do that, we must come to Him with a repentant heart. Just as I accepted Ranger, dirt and all, God accepts us because of what His Son did on Calvary’s cross. The Bible tells us that when the Father looks at Believers, He does not see the dirt of sin because the blood of Jesus has washed us clean.  

As I wrote, I like Ranger being near me like this; it does not happen enough. Oh, he is around but not with me like this. That hit a cord with me because God desires that quality time with Him – not just being “around Him”. I few pages ago, I wrote that God spoke to my spirit. It was just for me, but the idea was that He desired more quality time in fellowship with me. I really liked Ranger laying his head in my hand and being able to give him what he wanted. I do not have to have much of an imagination to believe God wants Believers to just rest in Him and be comforted by Him. I do look forward to that day when He established His kingdom on earth! “May Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is heaven.”

It’s a simple thought, just a reminder for each Believer that the desire our Father in heaven is that you spend quality time with Him. Allow yourself to be cleansed by Him and then place your heart (and head) in His hand allowing Him to comfort you in the difficult times and to enjoy with you the good times as you walk a narrow way into eternity in His kingdom.

I just looked out the window and see Ranger in his favorite spot looking back at me. Don’t you know that the Father knows what each Believer is doing, desiring a closer, more intimate relationship with each of us.