Incorporating God in the mundane
Life is busy.
It is so busy that 24 hours starts to feel insufficient to achieve anything. Life is occupied with schooling for students, a day job, and being a father, wife, or sister. There is so much responsibility
And then there is God—the sacrificial lamb of our busy lives.
The supreme ruler of this world, the owner of our lives, this God is whom we put last after all is said and done. He comes last in our thought and our decisions.
So it doesn’t seem like we didn’t check in with God; we rush a 5-minute morning prayer that’s composed of “Thank you Jesus” and run to the daily affairs that beckon our attention, and after the exhaustion of the day, we end with a “Thank you for today” prayer.
This is our 24/7 cycle, 365 days a year. God has very minimal space in our schedule, and as much as we hate to admit it (we know it's true), he comes last in our obligations, not that he should be one of the items on our checklist.
I always find it ironic that the life of Christ that we are literally living in us has zero influence on our lives. The life of Christ has no life in our lives.
However, I believe the day for the tides to turn is today. Here are five ways to incorporate God into your busy life.
1. Put Him first
The first thing rising up in the morning should be a minimum 30-minute prayer of worship and supplication. Not instagram, or your emails, God first.
2. Pick a verse of scripture
Read a verse of scripture and pray it all through your day (in the restroom, under your breath, during lunch)—consciously pray it into manifestation.
This could be the scripture of the day from a devotional or Bible app.
3. Have a disciplined schedule for prayer.
Aside from your family devotion or personal morning devotion, have time in the day for intimacy and be disciplined with the time.
Give God your meeting time and place and show up faithfully. Ask the spirit of God to help you in this area; trust me, you will wage war with your body to have a relationship with God.
4. Have a “village” of like-minded Christians.
Christian friendships are powerful. You will need a Christian body to pray with you, correct you, and sometimes scold you. You’re a better Christian to have such.
I pray these will help you establish balance in Christ, that you will take root downward and bear fruit upward. I pray Jesus will not be the opportunity cost of having a career, business, or ministry life.
May you have a beautiful relationship with Jesus, the kind Enoch had. May your life's work be first an expression of the relationship you have with the Son and the Father.
Amen!
But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right — the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.
Matthew 6:33 AMP
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