Time

I'm feeling very down. Maybe it was meant for me to be late on the blog this week, so I can write about something that has been hitting my heart for awhile now, and has once again hit my heart today...

In a world so busy and filled with the chaos of our busy work/school schedules, our study habits, and the need for chilling with our friends... we have become soo conformed to the act of "pencil-ing Jesus in"... we say, "Oh... prayer? We'll see." OR "I'm not sure if I have something else going on, but I'll let you know..." OR (in my opinion, the worst response) needing to make up some other excuse to cover-up our "not wanting to actually come into the presence of God together, and just pray"...

Our ministry has begun on prayer, and I commend the efforts thus far of those that gather together "just to pray"... (and no, I'm not bragging at all, but I AM speaking truthfully) because in all honesty, it's not "just to pray". It's about coming into the throne room of God, seeking His grace, feeling His comfort and warm embrace. It's about getting to know who He is, so that we too can become like Him. It's about meeting with Him, and possibly, just possibly, seeing Him face-to-face - the thought of it just brings a chill to my spine.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:12 (NIV)

We may not look at this verse and consider the possibility of conforming to "pencil-ing Jesus into our schedule," but it's evident in our lives, and it is, in fact, conforming. How often do we pencil things into our schedule that we are not sure we can commit to? That is what the phrase is used for, isn't it? For events or things in our lives taht we can't exactly commit to, just yet? But then we pray to God - "change our Lives, change our City, change our Hearts" - ever realize that most of the time we pray for things from God that would essentially fill-up our schedules more and deter us from spending time in His presence? LOL, it's actually pretty funny - it's a responsibility - it's our duty to pay our due regards to Him.

He gave us soo much!! He's worth our time - (that sentence in itself is ridiculous to say, as though our time is something that's even of worth in comparison to Him!)

This isn't a shot at anyone in particular. This is that truth that each of us that claim to be committed to God, that claim to be Christ-followers should acknowledge and apply in our lives. God knows our hearts, and He sees our devotion - Let's give to Him what we can, not just our tithes/offerings, not just our services, but also our time. He wants to use you, He wants you to experience what it means to be at his threshing floor, He wants to meet you at that well and converse with you... I suggest it's about time we go out and meet with Him, as well.

God Bless!

PS. here's a link to a video a friend of mine made (randomly!) at the same time I was writing this blog... I must say, it's funny how God works so amazingly sometimes to inspire people's hearts with the same message.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2fmRAQnjIQ