Want to have God's complete and happy attention? Get into a Reunion Group - or a prayer group or a Reunion partnership or whatever can work for you. Connect with your group or partner. Talk about your moment closest to Christ - and you will have God's attention.

Malachi 3.16-17a (NIV) describes God's response to this kind of conversation: "Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored His Name. 'They will be mine,' says the Lord Almighty, 'in the day when I take up my treasured possession...'"

Malachi was speaking to a generation that had turned its back on God. Cynicism and arrogance ruled the day. Even the religious leaders had grown indifferent. But there were faithful men and women who still gathered together and, when they were together, they "honored His Name." They spoke of God's goodness and love, of His mercy and kindness.

Sure, they were living in troubled times, but they wholeheartedly believed in the goodness of God. Not just believed, but they spoke of that goodness to each other and God heard every word. What gets translated into English as "listened and heard" is a single Hebrew word meaning "listened with great attention."

We not only encourage each other as we speak of those moments when we have felt God's closeness. Our words delight God, too, and He watches with pleasure as that moment of conversation is recorded for eternity. Stay alert to those moments close to Christ. Continue to speak of God's goodness and love to each other. God is listening - and the servants of His heaven are ready to write something down.

-- Pastor Kathy Meyers