Overworked, overwhelmed, and busy beyond belief, it is easy to race through life simply adding task to task in our attempt to do it all. Consider Michelle. Mother of two and step-mother of one, she desperately wants her new blended family to blend. On top of this, she daily juggles her career as a corporate trainer, her graduate school classes, and the chores necessary for daily living. Not surprisingly, by the end of each day Michelle is exhausted, short-tempered, and spiritually dry. In her desire to grasp everything, she is dropping the most important thing – a close relationship with God.How about you? Does the busyness of your life get in the way of developing your relationship with God? If so, you are not the only one. A recent poll taken by Michael Zigarelli revealed that six out of every ten believers agreed, they are too busy for God. And like Michelle, they are not happy with the results.
Time after time, Michelle has valiantly tried to shoehorn God into her already full life. But for all her good intentions, when other pressures mounted, Michelle’s God-time was the first thing to go. As she viewed the subsequent wreckage, it slowly dawned on her that she ended up missing out on God and everything else as well.
As Michelle’s coach, I encouraged her to look deeper, to dig for more foundational principles and power. She decided to search the Scriptures. There, Michelle discovered a different approach, God’s approach.
Jesus said, “…seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). The concept that was missing in Michelle’s life was seeking God first, believing that He would then provide for the rest.
Michelle bravely took her calendar, turned it upside down, shook everything out, turned it back up and inked in God first. Those first few weeks were hard. Her anxiety rose as she watched the clock, wanting to be with God but worrying about the myriads of undone things. It took discipline; it took faith. It worked.
Yes, Michelle is still busy. But God is first. Consequently, in everything else she does, she knows God’s will, she hears His voice, and she experiences His peace.
We never again have to be to shortchange our relationship with God. His faithful promise is for busy people everywhere, when we seek Him first, He will take care of the rest.
2 comments:
thank you. I found your blog listed in the mini blog roll on CWO.
I can't even describe how I feel lately, but as joyous as my life is compared to 3 yrs ago, I know I am not feeling the fullness of Christ as I should be. I feel stretched, tired, incompetent, like I'm chasing in my husband's giant spiritual footsteps
I know I need to put God first. Every day. My husband says first thing in the morning (of course he gets up early and does his devotions for at least half an hour before he does anything else and that would fix all my problems if I would just do the same....)
that sounds so bitter. how sad. Me 'n Jesus need to have a long talk
Hi Vikki,
It's good to have you reading the blog.
It sounds like God is calling you onward to a closer journey with Him. I think that is exciting. I hope you don't assume that your walk with Jesus will be like anyone else's.
You are God's precious daughter and He has a unique and perfect plan just for you.
You will be in my prayers.
Kim
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