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Do you need your 'belly' rubbed?

1/12/2012

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_ "Submit to God and be at peace with him… Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent.." Job 22:21,23

Hamish and I have a wee routine in the mornings.  After breakfast he immediately jumps up on my lap and we have our hugs and ‘kissy’ time (he insists on the latter although I really could do without all those licks on my cheek!)  He then goes onto his back and ‘opens’ up.  All those places I don’t normally see he wants me to tend to, scratching his belly, his armpits and making sure there aren’t any mats forming in all those hidden places.

A dog going on their back is a submissive gesture; they are exposing their weakness to you.  But when they trust like that, they love the results that can only come from that submission. They love getting their belly rubbed and scratched. 

If I do it while Hamish is on the floor he is so excited he moves side to side while he is on his back it is so funny to watch. It’s such a treat for him and for most dogs when you do that to them.

When we are submissive to God in our lives the results are the same.  The blessings we get when God is able to work through us, when we are obedient, when we do what He asks:  It is so amazing that we wonder why we ever thought our way was the best, why we ever fought with God over something. 
God wants to shower us with blessings and joy that only comes through submission, when we make Him Lord of our lives.

"Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." John 14 : 21

God sees all the hidden areas in our lives and like our dogs He wants us to trust Him, to be vulnerable.  And to talk to him about those areas that most people don’t see, to completely expose all areas of our life to Him.  By coming daily to God with excitement and anticipation like Hamish does with me.  

Hamish insists on our time together, scrambling to get on my lap after patiently lying watching me while I eat my breakfast. 
Do we insist on our quiet time each day, looking forward to it with joy and anticipation at what God is going to say to us today? 
Hamish licks me to death with excitement in ‘our’ time together.  When we come to God in our quiet time, do we start with praise and thanksgiving for who He is? 

God also checks to see if there are any ‘mats’ forming in those hidden areas.  If there is any sin or bad habits forming, God will convict us of it, then if we repent (bring it to God, ask Him to forgive us and stop doing it) God removes the 'mat'/sin (Rev3:19,
1 John 1:9)

When we do come to God like that, God does the equivalent of rubbing our bellies - He blesses us with His word, His presence and His power when we empty ourselves and our selfish thoughts and ways and allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, filling and equipping us.

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