Tick Tock

I am overwhelmed by the goodness of God. I am in awe of His magnitude and infinite wisdom....today I had a day off! Praise God!!! God knew what He was doing when He set in order the Sabbath. Wow how I need those days....and not just a half day but a whole Sabbath. I slept in until noon today....amazing. Haven't slept much in awhile because of all that has been going on with work, family and personal items that have needed attention. After waking up I spent the day cleaning up my room - a much needed and past-due thing, ran to a sports store with my younger awesome broski, and then filled the rest of the time with listening to podcasts and reading as I drank in the wisdom of those who had gone before me in this life of living a faith-filled walk with God. Those who haven't lived life perfectly but have lived life for the One who is perfect.

These are the times I treasure. The times when I can be still before God. Being still before God is highly under-rated by the way.
I keep thinking about how Jesus never wasted anything. Even when He fed all those people with the loaves and fish, He made sure to have the disciples pick up the left-overs. That is what I have been thinking about with my time. How am I using my time to its fullest potential? What are the things I am desiring to learn and grow in? In my extra time I have been trying to be purposeful in what I read and listen to. Especially with all that has been stirring in my heart lately for God and the future.

Today I was thinking about how I need to make sure that what I am listening to and reading is feeding into my faith, my understanding and relationship with God, where I see myself going and building myself up in the Lord for those things. A warrior does not prepare for battle by just doing anything...he is purposeful in his training and very disciplined. This is the way I want to be. I have asked for the vision. I have written it down. Now I need to prepare as I wait before the Lord. If a farmer does not prepare his fields, when the rain comes to water the seed for growth, there will be no harvest later on. I have been convicted that if I am asking God to do great things with my life according to Eph 3:20, I need to be sure I am putting in the time, discipline and effort to prepare for the days ahead.

What ever you long for - you will make time for. What you treasure - you will make priority.