Familiarity

On my drive in to work today I thought about the fact that it is my second day of work at my new job and all the emotions that come with it. I though about the fact that I try as quickly as possible to make friends, get familiar with policy and proceedure... basically learn the ropes of the new job. There's some sense of familiarity brought from the support of my previous training and experiences and the awesome fact that my wife also works for the same church as I. But then I began to think about my relationship with the Lord. I wondered if I treat God the same way I treat a job. Do I work my best to get familiar with Him, make a routine, and then sort of auto-pilot the rest of the way? It's important to have structure in our lives, but we must not let structure turn our relationship with God into a casual routine where we seem to put ourselves on auto-pilot. My prayer for today is that my relationship with God will always remain curious, that it will continue to remain somewhat unfamiliar as I learn about a limitless God. As I grow and mature in my walk with Christ, I pray for an exciting and continual learning relationship with not only my boss, but my Father.