We live in a world
that is so rushed, so busy, so jam packed with everything that we can fit into
it. I wonder, in our super busy lives, do we actually have time for what is
most important, most life-giving, most essential to both now and eternity?
I am so guilty of
this. God’s word says, “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a
I believe we have
busy-ed ourselves out of a vital relationship with God and, as a result, we
have done the same with our families, friends, and truly real connection with
others. In fact, I would argue that we have busy-ed our spiritual lives almost
to death. What is it that is absolutely essential to the vitality of our faith
in Jesus Christ, our families, our marriages (if we are married), and more? I
believe the answer is time. Time to be with God in prayer, study, worship,
service, listening, and more. Time to be with our children, if we are married,
our spouses, and time to be with family and friends, and time to share our
faith with others. These are some of the most important parts of life. What
would I, what would you be willing to adjust, give up, change in order to de-clutter
and refocus our lives?
God hasn’t called
us to sit around and do nothing but I genuinely believe that isn’t our problem
in our culture. We run from place to place to place and can unwittingly kill
the relationships in our lives.
It’s time that we
reevaluated, that I reevaluate. What does God want each of us to invest in?
What does God want us to do? How can we de-busy and refocus our lives on God?
It won’t make life
easier but it will make it God’s, and only with God can we each individually
and together become all we were created to be. WOW!
