Have you ever had that moment when you are listening to someone preaching and it seems like they are talking right at you? I have, and I did last night. Last night I went to CRU the weekly meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ, and man did I need to hear what I heard last night. Last night’s talk was out of Luke 10:38-42 talking about Martha being distracted at preparing the meal while Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet. The message from this passage of scripture was centered around the distractions in our lives.
Man I have many distractions in my life that are taking away from much needed time with God. Many times Christians including myself tend to forget that we have a relationship with Christ. A relationship whether with Christ or with anyone has to be maintained in order for it to remain strong. However today we are surrounded with so many distractions that take our focus off are relationships with people and with Christ. Some of these distractions may be our job or school, or worrying about finances or for a lot of people today the stock market. Also as living in the age of technology we tend to occupy every free moment of are time with tv watching, playing video games, or surfing the net. If we are not careful we will be so wrapped up in all of these things that we dont spend time and fellowship with those we are in relationships with. And especially with our relationship with Christ. What happens when we don’t maintain our relationship with Christ, is we will begin to get a fuzzy picture of Him and we will fall out of fellowship with Him leading to a joyless and stressful life.
I am very guilty of spending countless hours surfing the net or watching a pointless tv show when I should be spending time in God’s word and in prayer with Him. And I know from experience that when I spend more time with God I am much more understanding of His will for my life, and show more love to Him. I have to constantly remind myself of James 4:14 which states that our lives are of a vapor which is here and gone in a flash. By reminding myself of that I realize that none of the things of this world are worth worrying about or worth any moment of time that should be given to the almighty God who lives and reigns forever. I mean my life on this earth is short, but after this life I have a whole eternity that I will spend with God, and so my life and focus each and everyday should be on the eternal things and not the things of this world.
I also should remind myself of the Gospel and what Jesus did on the cross. I mean Jesus gave His life and bore my sins so that I would not have to pay the penalty of my sins. For someone to give His life for such a sinner as me is someone I should spend every waking moment with. But despite this I still fail at giving my all to Him and become wrapped up in the things of this world. But whats even greater is that Christ is still there for me and he never gives up on me. So pray for me to use my time much better to glorify God and to continually spend it with Him and not give into the what the world has to offer. So anyways I hope to talk to you all soon and God Bless you all!
