Life can get so busy that we forget about our purpose and reason for living. I love looking at the life of Jesus, because as I observe the way he lived, I notice that He always had time with His Father. He had to, it was a priority and a necessity. Jesus was fully God, but also fully man, so He had temptation to do thing on His own strength. He never did, because His focus was always on what God had for Him to do each day and each hour.
I have noticed that in the midst of school, work, family and all of the business of life, it is easy for us to crowd out God with our stuff. He becomes a mere option rather than a necessity. That is a dangerous road that many of us go down daily and the road has become all too familiar to many of us. Followers of Christ need to repent and realize that Jesus really is our life, not our Sunday satisfaction. Jesus didn't die to be an option in our life, but to be the center our life.
I encourage you to make Jesus more real to you and spend time seeking Him daily and hourly. Change your schedule, priorities and your mind. This life was not meant to live alone. Connect with Jesus.
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It is so easy to crowd our lives with important stuff (and some unimportant things), and kick Jesus out. I love how your posts are short and to the point. They're about Christ, not you. I heard a story recently about a very busy business man. His coworkers found out that he spent 3 hours in the Word every morning before work. They asked how he can afford to spend that much time reading! His reply was that He could not afford to NOT spend time in the Word. And Martin Luther spent like 8 hours studying the Bible because he was so busy (or something like that... just sharing what I heard). John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and THE life." Jesus doesn't want to be first in our lives, He wants to be only.
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