Being somewhat obsessive compulsive, I have a tendency to get locked into a project like a pit bull dog with a succulent bone to chew. Locking myself to the task I cannot let it go until I have completed it in detail. Not looking to the right nor the left, I attack with all of my energy and cannot see beyond the goal until it is accomplished.

There is both an upside and a downside to this. The upside is that God, in His incredible grace, has attributed it to me as being passionate. The downside is that I have a tendency to lose track of everything else when I become so single focused and I don't spend enough time in the secret place myself. Thus my spirit becomes dry and parched and very thirsty.

I came dragging myself into the secret place wanting a fresh drink from God's fountain but feeling quite unworthy for asking. When I began to pour out my heart I felt God's tenderness immediately.

I said, "Help me, Lord to balance my life more. I want you in the very center. Otherwise it is all out of balance. Help me, Holy Spirit to be centered once again. I come like a prodigal every week to you, yet your arms are always outstretched to me."

Continuing I said, "Whenever I consider this relationship, I amazed that One so perfect, so Holy, so wise, would consider one so imperfect, weak and foolish, to be your child, your friend. I want to be to be filled with your Spirit and full of your love that I won't be as a clanging cymbal but full of You with your words not my own. I want life in the Spirit not in the flesh."

He answered, "My child, I have come to bring you life. I have come to refresh you. I have come to free you from the encumbrances of this world and revive your spirit."

He continued, "Little one, your spirit is willing, but your flesh is weak. I have called you to rest and not to strive. I am not angry with you but I have great compassion for you."

He continued to assure me that my intent was good but confirmed that my priorities were definitely out of balance.

Then He said, "Just take time to come to Me as Mary did. Martha has been busy doing a good thing. The balance comes in time spent either serving Me or sitting at my feet. You have the ability to choose."

Responding I confessed, "Lord, I really miss you when I don't spend much time with You each week. You are my air and my water. All that I am is about You. That is what this site is all about. May I be found worthy by your grace, Lord.

Then He said, "Rest in Me, little one. Rest in my provision. Rest in My love. My provision for you is complete."

Reminding me of this astounding truth, that is foundational to all of our relationships with Him, He said, "You can add nothing to what has already been accomplished in your behalf. My love for you was complete when I formed you in your mother's womb. My Son's sacrifice for you was complete when He took your sins to the cross. You have been secured in my love with every nail that pierced His body. This is my covenant with you."

What an amazing picture! Every nail that pierced His body secured me to the Father and to the Son. Every nail that pierced His body secured you to Father and to the Son.

Rest in the security of those nails and know that you cannot add to what Jesus has already done for you. God has entered into a blood covenant with you and me. We are His eternal companions by His sovereign decree secured by each nail. Isn't He amazing!