When we allow clutter to fill our
life, everything goes haywire. A simplified, balanced life is much more
peaceful, reassuring, fulfilling and comforting than a hectic one; but how do
we get there?
We start with a searching inventory
of our purposes, passions, possession and priorities. Then we pray about each
one to make sure that we are following God's will in our life at this current
moment in time.
Our heart will focus on what we treasure (Matthew 6:21). We will put all of our energy, resources, devotion,
and the greatest portion of our schedule into surrounding our self with this
treasure.
Once we surrender to Christ as
our Savior and Lord, we daily make Him and His Kingdom our priority. He
gradually becomes our whole life (Colossians 3:3-4). We surrender to His plans
for each moment of our day (Ephesians 2:10; Proverbs 3:5-6).
Jesus suffered everything in His
thirty-three years of life on this earth that we will ever experience in our lifetime.
He is capable of feeling every ounce of our pain and understands the
deprivation of our every unmet need.
God loves spending time with us,
even if it is moments of companionable silence. We spend time with Him basking
in our love for one another and growing in our intimacy and communication
skills with Him. He is ready, willing and able to provide all of our needs with
His glorious riches (Philippians 4:19).
Prayer:
Father God, our life gets out of
balance once we depart from Your will for each moment of our day. We end us
careening from one catastrophe to another, forfeiting our peace and having
trouble finding any joy in our circumstances. Help us to learn to reject goals
and "important" items that surface in our calendar and to do Your
will for us instead.
Help us to seek Your advice
before we start any task and to consult Your plans as we carry out the
necessary components of those duties. With You at the center of our focus, we
will not end up exasperated and disheartened, but we will flourish as
overcomers and live in Your victory. Even through the most discouraging of
circumstances, we will count it all joy in You (James 1:2-4).
Thought for the Day:
A busy life is not automatically a fruitful or fulfilling life, unless we are walking in the center of God's will; otherwise, we end up furiously spinning our wheels and going nowhere except deeper into the pit of depression and frustration.
A busy life is not automatically a fruitful or fulfilling life, unless we are walking in the center of God's will; otherwise, we end up furiously spinning our wheels and going nowhere except deeper into the pit of depression and frustration.
