This is a busy world. I used to think bees and ants were always busy but sometimes I think we’re so busy that we fail to take time away from this fast paced world. There is this activity and that activity to do and this schedule and that schedule to follow.
It seems like everyone is running from this activity to another. Quality seems to be pushed aside for sake of time and convenience until frankly there is no energy left. Everything from our relationships - to the food we consume- to the things we buy seem to be monopolized by activities and schedules.
Sure convenience is great and keeping busy is great but if that is all there is- where is the “quality” in all the “busy” time – if we are just a society and people that run, run, run – we are not only going to see the meaning of meaningless but our relationships with the people we love dearly are going to suffer.
You might be in the same car often but you might as well be strangers with phone calls, inside thoughts running circles inside your head, the music or talk radio on, and maybe even the DVD player or game system playing in the backseat.
You can say a kind word but if your actions don’t relate to that kind word then it is pointless. You can take your child to their favorite fast food restaurant but if there is no quality time to go along with that food – then it just feels the stomach “temporarily” but doesn’t fill or encourage the soul of your child of your love for them.
The Lord wants us to rest in him. He wants us to take quality time with him so he can fill and encourage our soul as well and remind us how much he loves us.
Psalm 91:1-2
“Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare of the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I am trusting in Him.”
The Lord is greater then the greatest shade tree on a hot day. He is greater then a warm house and a place next to a burning fireplace on a cold day. The Lord is greater then your best friend here on earth. He is the greatest parent ever known.
The Lord made us and understands us better then anyone else but in order for us to understand and understand how much he loves us, we have to take time to be with him.
Time to read and think on his word. Time to see what he has done and is continuing to do for us. Time to tell him how much you appreciate his presence in your life. Time to listen to what he has to say to you.
We cannot understand how deep God’s grace, mercy, peace and love is if we don’t take time to take refuge in him. I believe taking refuge in the Lord will also make us a better person not to just those around us but ourselves as well.
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