Not enough Time

"One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put there. Let us submit the list to Him and ask Him to indicate which items we must delete. There is always time to do the will of God. If we are too busy to do that, we are too busy."~ Elisabeth Elliott ~

So, here's how it breaks down. If I am carrying around the weight of yesterdays gone by, then I cannot focus on today's task and purpose to which God has called me. If I am preoccupied with worry about tomorrow and the future, then I don't have the energy or brain power or emotional stamina to deal with today. Father God, forgive me for my busyness because you called me to obey You and not to simply be busy. Here's my day, it's Yours!

Zip up those jeans

God has already promised to prosper us, give us hope and a future (Jer. 29:11). OK the promise is there, now its time to get started. I heard Joyce Meyer say yesterday that having good and wonderful intentions is not the same as obedience. Yikes! King David told his son Solomon when he became the new king to "devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God (I Chron. 22:19). The word devote in Hebrew is "nathan". It means to give, place, add, set forth, to set something in place and to fasten it. Interesting word picture, isn't it? We use fasteners every day. Buttons hold our shirts together, zippers keep us warm in our jackets, shoe laces keep our tennies tied, velcro keeps our Bible covers secure, bungie cords hold our cargo safely in our pick-up trucks and safety pins hold those cloth diapers on our babies. So when we devote ourselves to seeking God with our heart and soul, we are to fasten ourselves to that persuit as if we had zipped ourselves into a pair of tight fitting jeans! An additional note here: fastening is an action word. All the planning to get yourself into those jeans (or to seek God's heart) will get you nowhere. You have to actually zip them up to be obedient!