Behind It

I know this has happened to me, and I get the feeling it has happened to countless others.

We read the Bible for the Bible's sake (to say you read).

We pray for prayer's sake (to say you prayed).

We go to church for church's sake (to say you went).

They call that living a life of appeasement.

There is intent there that so many don't realize.

There is someone behind that Bible.

There is someone behind that Prayer.

There is someone behind that Church.

It isn't money-grubbers. It isn't your mother or father chiding you.  It isn't your self-righteous friends putting you down and guilting you into reading, or thinking, or going.

It's God.  It's the Spirit.  It's Jesus. 

God is behind the Bible.

The Spirit is behind that Prayer.

Jesus is behind that Church.

They are all one in the same.

And the same is that they love you.  

They are behind you so They can keep guiding you onward. 

They are behind you so They can encourage you.

They are behind you so that through you, the rest of the world can see Them.