With my new schedule, I need to get some new habits in place and one of them is the priority of my time with You. Direct me in the way that would benefit me most. Bless this time we have together. Amen.
Matthew 26:36-46 (<<click to read the passage)
Lord, it’s easy for us to pass judgment on Peter, James, and John. It wasn’t like they didn’t know You – they had been with You for three years. It wasn’t as if You were keeping Your heart-wrenching struggle from them – You very clearly stated, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” v38
Yes, it would be easy to join the bandwagon and berate them for their insensitivity towards Your obvious need but…we are no better…
Lord, I know there are many times when You would speak to me but I am distracted or I am weary and You quickly fall into the background. It’s not because I don’t love You. It’s not because I don’t care. Unfortunately, the fact is, I am self-absorbed – my world often controls my mind. Things that in my mind seem so urgent take over – I realize that in view of eternity, they are nothing but in the here and now they consume me.
All I can do is ask for Your forgiveness and strive each day to draw closer to You. I need to spend as much time with You as possible. It won’t be at my desk or in my recliner where we have met so many times but it will be in all the highways and byways of my life – all my comings and goings. Attune my heart to resonate with Yours. I welcome Your full reign in my life. There is no better way!
Nov 27th, 2018, 10:24 am
