Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips. LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,   because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 1  You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psa: 16-4-11-(NIV)

 

There are times that no matter how tired we may be or how far behind in our schedules we are that we might frantically try to do as the Lord is leading us. We desire to honor the Lord with our time; however, we allow our schedules to take precedence over His.  Then the enemy will come to try and trick us into believing that our Savior understands and it is not necessary to take time to pray, read our devotions, send that email, make that telephone call and stop and worship Him so we will get through our day.

 

We desire or we should desire to seek him first, because It us written; “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added to you (paraphrase mine). However, in our attempt to seek him, our minds wonder and before we know it, we are thinking or doing something different. We can easily get distracted and that is exactly what the devil desires. That my beloved can make us become frustrated, grumpy and being pushed away from our Heavenly Father.  In addition, it can also leave us in a place where we are not loving or supporting one another or our family and that is not pleasing to the Lord.

 

Then, we finally brought this calamity of our schedules to God and asked him to take our time and make it his, when all of the time he was trying to give us direction and insight, but, we were too busy focusing on TV, Facebook, Instagram, surfing the internet for nonsense, etc. Beloved, what we should be doing is seeking the Holy Spirit to help us to find ways to successfully use the time He has given us and to put our priorities in the right perspective.

 

Should others come and desire for us to accept a responsibility if we know it is going to cause us to be overwhelmed, and if the Holy Spirit is not leading us to take on that assignment, we should graciously say “NO” and not feel bad about refusing it. Let the Holy Spirit guide us in our days and rely totally and completely upon His choices and final decisions. Allow our Savior to be the guardian of time as He gives us the strength to do whatever that day, week, month or year requires from us.

 

Let us give the Lord permission daily and ask Him to bring us back to order and stop frantically trying to race against the clock, or time-lines and  schedules of other people, only God knows what His plans are for our days, let Him have his perfect will in our lives and bring us wisdom and allowing her to manage each one of us and not our flesh!  Whether we know it our not, we do need “Wisdom” constantly.

 

Let’s pray consistently Lord help me to put you first in all things no matter what they are or when they come and help me to obey you and not get caught up in my wills, but yours because I desire to honor and allow you to have my time, in Jesus’ Name, Amen!! 

When we are tempted to retrogress back to our own ways, let us ask the Holy Spirit to give us a gentle nudge.

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