Be willing to let your schedule be altered if knowing God better requires it. How can you know God better? Read his word, pray, listen for his voice, worship him. Notice that all of these things require time. In fact, improving any relationship with other people or with God requires time. However, far too many people find themselves too busy to spend any time getting to know God better. Theyve filled their calendar with pursuits of money, wealth, success, and status. However, as Solomon discovers in Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, all of these pursuits are meaningless. Solomon built many houses, vineyards, gardens, and parks; he had many, many slaves and countless pieces of gold and silver, and he was the most prestigious man ever to live in Jerusalem. Indeed, he could buy anything his heart desired. However, Solomon comes to the realization that all of these things are worth nothing in the perspective of eternity: Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun (Ecclesiastes 2:11). Therefore, dont worry about any of these earthly things; instead, seek to know God better (see Matthew 6:25-34). This poem is a good reminder of whats really important in life. I had always been taught to ask God for what I needed and that he would give me whatever I ask for in his name. So, I asked God for prosperity, power, popularity, good grades, safety, success, good friends, health, and wealth. In all these things, I asked God for more of what I wanted, but he gave me more of what I needed: Himself. If all these earthly things are hindering your relationship with God, alter your schedule: get rid of some things so that you can spend time knowing God better.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 11:53:15 +0000
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