There are so many things in this world that fill up our time, make us busy, and demand our attention. It seems like I can never get ahead, and even when I do I know I have more work coming my way soon. We all long for a time or season to be able to do whatever we want and not have to worry about responsibility (or at least I do!). Even when I get a day off during the week I usually use it for cleaning, laundry, dishes, cooking, and grocery shopping. Although, I have to admit, I don't hate that. That's what I did yesterday and I found myself wondering if I should just drop out of grad school and become a housewife :) haha ok let's be honest I'm not going to do that, but there are days when all I really want is to serve God and not have to worry about school or work. I found myself thinking last night that I don't want to look back on my life in 5, 10, 20 or 30 years and regret the way I spent my time. I don't want to wish that I had spent more time pursuing God and drawing closer to Him. I want that to be my focus now, so I don't have regrets. When this world ends and I am taken up to heaven to meet my Jesus face to face, I don't want to have to explain why I spent my time pursuing earthly pleasures and worried so much about money and work and relationships when I should have had my focus on Him alone.
I don't know about you, but I love Carrie Underwood. How could you not? She's got it all. And she sings this one song, Wasted, that really relates to what I'm saying. Part of the lyrics are as follows:
I don't wanna spend my life jaded, waitin'
To wake up one day to find
That I let all these years go by, wasted
Where is your focus? What are you working towards, fighting for, and striving towards? It's okay to work for other things in our jobs and at school and in our families, but when those things start to come before God and replace our time and fellowship with Him, then we know our priorities are out of whack.
We are not on this earth for us. God didn't create us so that we could get great jobs, earn lots of money, and get lots of stuff. We are here for Him. We are HIS. Don't waste the time He has granted you.
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:1-2
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