Adopting God's Schedule

Last night before I went to bed I was alone staring at the wall deep in thought. I was reflecting on my life and I was deeply bothered. When I first started this blog I was hungry for God, I was thirsty for Him all the time it seemed. Like a broken record, all I could think was, 'why am I not like that anymore? What has happened to me?' I felt lost and confused. I knew God was real and that I needed Him, I just wanted that hunger I once had and I didn't know how to get it back.

I was thinking about how I set aside time everyday to read the Bible and how my main goal in life was to honor Him. I felt like I still was trying to keep the shell of that life but it was empty. I went to sleep with a worried mind.

I woke up this morning and drug myself to church and heard that a teen a bit older than me would be speaking. I have always looked to to him because he is my elder and frankly he is just a cool person to be around. I am going to share the points in his sermon that inspired me:

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perserverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith."

Sin is a obviously a bad thing. We know this because it is a basic Biblical principal. Nobody can kill someone and feel good about it, even though they may talk about how great they feel. We know the sin we do is bad even though we may feel dumb sometimes.

Weights or everything that hinders aren't sins, they could be very good things like underwater basket weaving. They could start out as just a hobby but could grow into an obbsession. If underwater basket weaving is keeping me from spending time with God and my family then I need to put that aside for a while or at least this season in my life.

Being busy isn't bad, it just needs to be a healthy busy. In America we judge a person by how busy they are or what they spend their time doing. We shouldn't be so busy that we don't have time for God and our family, nor should we be so busy that we are rushing to get things done and aren't fun to be around. Bussiness can be a weight, I know it is for me.

We need to start saying no to good things so we can say yes to the best things. Yes, this could mean sacrifice but it's worth it to spend time with God and His people.

Have we as Christians forsaken our "first Love" at the alter of a busy schedule? We need to turn back to Jesus to do what we were set out to do. The power of Jesus' message is that it's never just condemnation. It's never just God saying, "Don't do that". It's always redemption, it's God saying, "Do this instead".

Let's make God's schedule our schedule. It may seem like a sacrifice but when we make the change it is something that will serve you and others for the rest of your life. Let's get back in touch with God and His people.