Are Any of You Busy?

I realized yesterday morning that for the past few weeks I have been going to work with my only intention being to get through the day; it’s not fun and work has been kind of awful. My days in general have been more that just busy, over the past month I have found much joy spending more time with my friends than I would have even thought possible but after you add in 40 not to enjoyable hours at work every week my life becomes too busy and I become very exhausted. So last night in youth service when Betsy opened her lesson with “are any of you busy?” I was glad to be sitting in that room. Her teaching spoke straight to my heart and gave me a much needed reminder of something I knew I should have been doing already; her words were simply “be still”. All I could think of when I heard this was wow, how could I have forgotten that; I find it kind of crazy how you can spend so much time at church, with Christian friends and trying your hardest to seek after God, reading your Bible, and listening to worship music, how you can go to church feel His presence in the room and still not find Him because you forgot to be quite long enough to hear Him speak. The message last night was simple, to the point and exactly what I needed. This morning I took this message to heart; when I woke up I lay in my bed and said a simple prayer “God I’m listening, what do I need to hear” and I waited, it only took a few short minuets and He spoke to me; He said something like when you are faithful over few I will give you more and whatever you do in word or in deed you do in My name. I knew these where His words I have the scripture to back them up, and it was just what I needed to face the day; my desire is to live with purpose, not to just get through, I want more and I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately; about passion and priorities and what I want out of life, these words from this morning fit what has been on my heart, I needed that reminder, to be faithful with today, to wait on God and His plan but to remember to live, to live everything like it’s for God because it is. Today I walked this walk, I did more that just survive and life was once again beautiful.

Matthew 25:21

His Lord said to him, “well done good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.”

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.