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A Way In The Wilderness

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God will make a way even where there seems to be no way.

 "I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:19
 
March 03, 2020: God and Coffee in the Morning
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Psalm 5:3 “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up."

1 Chronicles 22:19 “Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God…”
 
If you and I are ever going to succeed in giving God first place in our lives, it won’t be by accident, nor will it just “happen.” King David admonished the people to “set your heart and soul to seek the Lord your God…” (1 Chronicles 22:19).

David had the opportunity to put that admonition to the test when he was fleeing for his life from his son Absalom. In Psalm 5, David said God would hear his voice in the morning, and he would “look up.” Smart move for him and good advice for you and me.

I really do want to give God first place in my life…at least, most of the time I do. But I’ve found that if I don’t “set my heart and soul” to seek him first thing in the day, it often doesn’t happen. Life seems to get in the way, doesn’t it?

When my kids were young, I was busy hurrying the bigger kids along to get ready for school, feeding the baby and…well, you know what I mean. And, for many of those years, I was working too, often teaching at a Christian school. Our house was a constant hamster wheel of activity, with everyone going at a frantic pace. Yours probably is too.

After the kids were grown and I was retired, I thought I’d have more time. But I don’t. Life continues to happen, and hobbies, interests, and my writing ministry have taken the place of kids and conflicting schedules. And I’ve found that unless I “set my heart and soul to seek the Lord,” it doesn’t happen.

So, what replaces or interferes with my spending time with the God who knows my name? We have several kids, so there’s often something going on with them. There’s my writing group, activities with my Sunday School class, the regular round of doctor visits seniors have. Then, of course, there’s Facebook and other time wasters.

If my life is going to be what it should be, what I want it to be, what God commands it to be, it will have to be intentional on my part. And it will have to begin by putting God before anything else I do. That includes talking on the phone with my kids, writing and organizing my many projects. Oh, yeah…and it for sure includes social media, the primary addiction of the 21st century.

But, do you know what else it includes? Ministry. My writing is a ministry. Maybe yours is too. Or it might be teaching a Sunday School class, teaching at a Christian school, working as a church secretary or even pastoring a church.

Studying the scriptures to prepare for teaching (or writing or preaching) isn’t the same as spending time with the Lord. The one is ministry, and that’s ok. But it won’t replace the time you and I need to spend with the Master.

If that time of devotions, Bible reading and prayer don’t happen first thing in the morning, it’s likely they won’t happen at all. Life will absolutely get in the way. And I want more than that, don’t you?

Challenge for Today: What might happen if we, just for today, spent time with our God before we did anything else?

Father, I’m so easily distracted, and I’m sorry for all the times I’ve let those distractions keep me from spending time with You. Help me to “set my heart and soul” to seek You before I do anything else each day.
 

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