While this blog helps me organize my thoughts around a particular passage, it also serves two other purposes. First, it is an accountability measure for my quiet time. Most likely if there is not blog entry, I have not spent any meaningful time with God that day. (Sundays are the exception.) Second, it reminds me of how quickly time passes. I was surprised to note that my last entry was Thursday, April 12. Three days have passed with alarming rapidity.
When I look back on those three days, I can honestly say I did little to nothing for the Kingdom of God. Did I rob a bank in the intervening days? No. Did I have an adulterous affair since Thursday? Certainly not! But did I undertake to witness to someone about God's love for them? No. Did I give extra time or money to someone who was in need. Once again, no. What about session of intense prayer for those people or situations on my prayer list? Uh-uh.
At age 48 (close to 49), I am saddened to think about how many days, weeks, months, even years, of my life have been like the past three days. Yard work, second jobs, school projects. . . Yeah, I am the master of those. You won't find a four-day stretch anywhere in my adult life where I have neglected the temporal.
Satan would love to have me either A) become discouraged by looking at all the time I have wasted or B) procrastinate until summer or even retirement to get serious about a daily intentionality to Kingdom activities. Either one of these would keep me from being obedient to my mandate as a Christian.
Please pray that each and every day will find me serving God with intentionality. Not just the "lifestyle" witness, which while important, is also a cop out for not engaging in a more intense, more challenging Kingdom focused life.
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