ODB: our demanding schedules
April 29, 2010
To keep your life in balance, lean on the Lord.
READ: Mark 1:32-39
The whole city was gathered together at the door. Then He healed many. —Mark 1:33-34
Is your life too busy? Business deadlines, productivity quotas, and shuttling children to lessons and sporting events can really fill up your schedule. It’s easy to think, If only I didn’t have so many responsibilities, then I could walk in vital union with God.
Yet C. S. Lewis wisely points out that no one was busier than Christ. “Our model is the Jesus . . . of the workshop, the roads, the crowds, the clamorous demands and surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and privacy, the interruptions. For this . . . is the Divine life operating under human conditions.”
We read of Jesus in Capernaum: “At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. Then He healed many” (Mark 1:32-34). The next day Christ sought out a solitary place and prayed. There He received direction from His Father to pursue a demanding ministry in another place. Our Lord communed with His Father and depended on the Spirit to minister through Him.
Is your schedule demanding? Follow the example of Jesus and set aside a specific time for prayer. Then depend upon God’s power to help you meet each day’s demands. — Dennis Fisher
Source: Our Daily Bread
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God showed me this reading in the middle of my busy working days. He’s awesome!
The right WORD of God do come to me at the right needed Moment.
I have been so busy with assignments..meeting deadlines..i used to neglect and sacrifice the time with God to do school stuff. little did i know i cant do all these things well if i didn’t depend on God instead i depend on myself. I’ve come to realise prayer for strength from God is so important =)
“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you”
Amen!