Have you
had your JOY JUICE today? Hope you’re
not too busy to spend time with your friend, Jesus!
Something
as simple as “busyness” can be a deterrent to our relationship with Christ…if
we allow it to be! How often do we let activities, chores, responsibilities and
even pleasures get in the way of our relationship with God? Some of us are workaholics and think that we
don’t have time for “quiet time” with Him.
I read
about a support group that was being organized for workaholics. It was a twelve step program. A flyer advertising the meetings had a unique
blurb at the bottom: “If you are too
busy to attend these meetings, we will understand!”
Oh,
my! Do you think God understands when
we’re too busy to spend time with him?
Or too tired? Look at it from this perspective: Satan enjoys using our
hectic schedules, our stressed bodies and our emotional upsets to come between
us and our relationship with God. He wants us to be too busy to care!
Even those
in the ministry can fall prey to this tactic.
All of us can be so busy doing good things that we forget about our own
spiritual growth and the importance of spending time seeking God’s
guidance. Without prayer time and
getting into the Word of God on a regular basis, we will grow stale. We will become overwhelmed and lose our JOY
in serving. Regardless of the “good”
things we are doing, if we are not putting God first, then we have our
priorities out of order.
Take
the time to get alone with your friend Jesus today. I’m sure He has a personal message of JOY
just for you!
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