It's a typical day in the new reality of having a start-up business. Trying to keep focused on the tasks at hand like paying bills, taking care of HR, and correct journal entries, while doing laundry, preparing dinner, cleaning the house, honoring church commitments and spending time with the Lord.
And it's there, at the bottom of my list, that I find solace every day. God designed us to need to refuel with him every day. Satan tries to distract us with fatigue, over-sheduling and being task-oriented so that we ignore God. We set him aside for those things that are seemingly more important. Re-read that. Yep, we do it, and it grieves our gracioius Father.
I'm taking a break to go over what I heard on the radio, read on my email devotionals, and glanced over as I skimmed a completed study. Here it goes: God wants us to cry out to him like David did. It's how we put him first and give ourselves up to his mercy and grace. When we remove God from our life, like at school, we fall away from him and into the devil's plan. God has an incredible plan for each of us, even when we can't see the whole picture. We must worship him, and we do this by doing everything for his glory and letting his light shine through us so that others see him.
So what am I to do with the daily messages that blow through my brain? I finally realized that I will never be a perfect Christian. But when I study the Bible every day and spend quiet time with him, God is my focus and my reason for living. I will have moments of revelation and moments of remembering. It's about God working in my life and my honoring him.
Let us not feel guilty about not being productive when we spend time with God, alone in prayer and study. Reframe it and think of how incredibly blessed we are to have a personal appearance with the King of Creation any time we want it.
Amen
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