God has given each of us a mission in life. Along with being created out of an incredible love by our Creator, it’s why we have breath. He knows each design of his creation through and through. He knows when we fail, our successes and desires, hopes and joys. He knows our thoughts, motives, follow through, and even our deepest secrets we may not even admit to ourselves.
Many of us find joy in books or writing; others in the beauty of nature’s creation. Still others are happier in the kitchen cooking wonderful meals, or sewing creations made of a variety of different kinds of materials. These are all pieces of a giant puzzle that are a manifestation of who we are. What we “do” often helps define us. Sometimes this is good. But there are times when we get lost in our personal “loves” and forget how it all ties in with doing what God wants from us.
Because of our many activities, even though there is nothing wrong with them in themselves, we sometimes lose focus of our spiritual state. We get so focused on doing the right things, even if for the right reasons, our eyes get blinded by the activity and we miss the Bright Light right before us.
Many of us are on meeting and ministry lists, and activities within our church. We busy ourselves delivering food to shut-ins, transporting youth to various Youth Group activities, become an usher, or greeter, or any variety of other “positions” within the church arena. We can have a “heart” for doing good things, and still not be focused on our “spiritual well-being.”
Like a good pair of fitting shoes, or jeans, we need to search our hearts, God’s Word and have communication with The Lord, to find out what He is “fitting our life for.” Doing all the “events” in a church, each being a great activity, is not a bad thing. The question remains however, are you doing the “thing” for which God has “fitted” you?
Can our relationships be defined as “intimate” with The Father? He wants to share His heart with us, guide us toward his plan for our life. But sometimes we miss it, because we are so busy doing other things.
When adding the responsibilities we carry at our church, to our overload in our secular life, with work schedules, children’s schedules, parenting, political activity, sports events, maintenance on our homes, cars, boats, and the myriad other “toys” we own as adults, and even our social life, we are seriously busy!
And when you add “social media” we’ve added another whole dimension to our already full schedule. How many times a day do you see an adult on an iPad, cell phone, or computer? And I’m likely missing one or two! Social media has become a huge obstruction to being productive, for both adults and children!
Our lives are supposed to be not only “fitted” to God, but by God. I encourage you to evaluate all the “busy things” that keep you from intimacy with The Lord. Is your life “fitted” according to your ideas, or is it “fitted by God”?
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