It's About Time

My wife's favorite color is blue, her former favorite movie (God bless her) is 'Coming to America", her favorite song changes with the season of life that she's in, but she has a special affinity for "He's Able", Her favorite scripture? "I will look to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord." I could go on and on with her dress size, shoe size, (and because I'm smart) her ring size. That knowledge comes from putting in time with her; consistently.

Can you really say that you love someone if you do not spend time with them? If other things steal your attention, focus, and commitment from the one you say you love is that really love? Guess what? This applies to God also.

We say we love Him, but do we spend time with Him? Do we log hours watching Scandal, Real Housewives, SportsCenter, sporting events, but yet can't seem to find 30 minutes to read the bible? Is the 20-second  grace recited prior to eating a meal, our only daily prayer? Do we check Facebook more than the Bible? Do we concentrate on people, more than God? Problems, more than the Problem-solver? Be honest with yourself... You know that's a problem.

So how then can we justify saying that we love Him? We've got to step our game up, and put in the time with Him. We must read more, pray more, praise and worship more, and LOVE more (and more consistently also).

Are there too many distractions and detractors in our lives vying for His time? Are we putting the time in with our Lord and Savior? Or, are we giving His time away to gods that we've made?

Deut 4:28 ..."And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood, and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell." (...and of plastic, metal, and fiber optics also).

Guess what? It's not just you. It's most of us. Most of us are guilty, culpable complicit, and fail all the time. But, we don't have to. Don't beat yourself up. Feel the Holy Spirit's conviction, accept your mistake. Learn from it, and move on.

Jesus said that we should love God with everything that we have, are, AND above all else in our lives (Matt 22:37). Do our actions show that? Or, do we simply talk a good game?  1 John 3:18 says that we should love with ACTION and NOT with words!  Show God with your actions just how much you love Him. It's about time that we give Him, His time.

We love you, and we are praying for you.

~SALT,  Pastor Erroyl, and Sis Pinky

Sis Pinky’s Prayer:

Thank you God for your love for us! Draw us close to you so that we may get to know you more intimately.

In the precious name of Jesus, we pray,

Amen