Too Busy

Good Morning!! One of the biggest enemies of our spiritual growth is hurry. We are so busy, so distracted, and so preoccupied that we settle for something less than the authentic Christian life. In our fast-paced culture, there is an epidemic of hurry sickness. Do you ever find yourself texting several people at once, talking to two or three at a time on the phone, and all the while Googling something on your computer? And we demand instant results. Faster Internet. Faster food. Faster results. Faster answers. We want it,...and we want it now! Hurry! The results? Constant stress. Frustration. Fatigue. Strained relationships. Mixed-up priorities. And most important,...neglect of time with God.

Be still, and know that I am God:—Psalm 46:10a (NIV)

In today's scripture, God calls us to be still (cease striving) and know that He is God. In other words, stop trying so hard to do it all. Stop trying to do it on your own. Stop struggling. Remember that He is God. We need to spend quiet time with Him. We need to remember that He is in control. He wants us to put Him first and to rest in Him. To lean on Him for help. We need to let Him guide us in balancing our lives. To focus on Him and His plan,...not our own. Only then will we be able to step off the treadmill of hurry and experience His peace.

We hurry to fit more and more in,...and now we are teaching our kids to do the same.

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Heavenly Father, we are so tired of being too busy. We have so much going on, We know we're neglecting some of the most important things. At the top of that list is our time with You. Please forgive us. Help us to get our lives and times in balance. Help us to remember to focus on You and to depend on Your strength. Please heal us of this hurry sickness. In Jesus name, Amen.

"We live with good intentions of spending time with God, and turning our heart toward Him only to find at the end of the day that's the one thing we never got around to."