Mastering YOU Monday...why should He stick around

You can find me reading a self-help book every now and then(especially if it’s a “free” Kindle download). The problem is…I never seem to finish them! That could mean one of two things…either I’ve mastered the topic at hand OR I’ve given up hope that I’ll ever be cured of whatever my “work in progress” might be. I’d say it was the former…but more than likely it’s the latter! :-)

 

My “current” self-help read(which by the way, I’m telling you upfront…I probably WON’T FINISH) is a book by Amanda Jenkins, entitled “Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist(learning to be free)”.  Pretty deep huh? In her chapter about relationships she talks about how she spends her day checking off her list of all the things she has to do…running errands, taking care of her kids and home, writing, etc. And by the time she’s finished -because she’s so tired-  all that’s left over for God are mere crumbs. She talks about how she picks up her Bible and skims through the scriptures, just to say she’s “spent time with Him”. Wow, how many of US have been there, done that?!  She makes a statement that is so profound, that it prompted me to write about it for this week’s “Mastering YOU Monday”.   She states…

“In truth, I plan most of my days without consulting the one who made the sun come up. I say I’m a Jesus follower, but I often operate like He’s an intrusion to my productivity. If I were God, I’d break up with me. Obviously, relationships don’t survive – let alone grow and thrive-under such neglect.  But our immediate-gratification, fast-food culture has conditioned me to try to get the most done in the shortest amount of time – which works for laundry, but it sabotages my walk with God.”   

GAH…I couldn’t have said it any better!!

We must be into Him, so that He can be into us ladies! We attend to and give attention to those things that are most important to us. So I ask you a question…are you giving God a reason to stick around? Yes, life is and can be demanding…I get that! But it’s never a reason to put the One who created our very being…on the backburner. As if honoring Him is some menial task that we check off our “to do” list, so we can put another notch in our “oh I did good today, now pat me on the back” belt. Come on, lets be honest. If we had someone in our lives who took us for granted and thought of us only as an "afterthought"...would we stick around? So let's not treat our God as if we're doing Him some BIG favor by merely "thinking" about Him when we need or want something! My husband(did I tell you how much I love that wise man) – anywho, said in his message yesterday, that God (through Jesus) changed His ENTIRE lifestyle for US, so we OWE Him EVERYTHING! That’s deep y’all!  Jesus(and ONLY Him), left glory to come here, with His ultimate goal being to die, just so that we could live and have that life until it fills to the overflow! Not only that, but when we do fall short, He never turns His back on us! His grace is right there for us and His mercies are new for us every morning! Now how awesome is that! Listen, God isn’t hanging around us and sticking by our side because of anything GREAT we’ve done! NO, He does it out of His MAD LOVE for us!! Now how can THAT not move you?! Godly wisdom tells us the VERY least we can do is show Him proper honor by fellowshipping with Him on a daily basis, by giving Him thanks and gratitude, by worshipping Him with our whole heart, by meditating on His Word and doing all the other things that cause us to draw closer to Him.  For He is the ONLY ONE who is worthy of all the honor, glory and praise!! 

And what about ALL those other “necessaries” of life that we must do? Well, Matthew 6:33 sums it up pretty well as to how we should deal with those, don’t you think? “But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and ALL His righteousness and ALL these things shall be added unto you”.  If we focus on Him and do those things that honor Him, then He’s obliged to do His job…that’s to take care of our every need! So give Him His proper due, making sure we give "The Creator of the universe" 100% of ourselves, just as He consistently does for us on an everyday basis! Listen, God doesn’t want us to be condemned by our actions, but He does want us to be convicted …why, so that we can DO BETTER, because WE ARE BETTER! That my friends, is the first step on the road to mastering life!

Matthew 6:33, Jeremiah 63:1, Hebrews 11:6, Deuteronomy 6:5

And as far as that “self help”  book…I think I might just finish it!

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