Spending Time With God In The Busyness of Life
“Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.” Genesis 5:24 (NIV)
As I sat down to read my Bible, my mind was bombarded with an ever-growing to-do list.
Almost immediately, I remembered wet clothes that needed to be transferred to the dryer, the email response I never sent, and a project with a looming deadline. The desire to skip my time with God kept tempting me with each gnawing reminder of what I had not done.
Eventually, I succumbed to the pressure of getting things done over spending time with God. I had become Martha instead of Mary, and it all began with what seemed to be a harmless decision.
“Let me just check my email first,” I said to myself.
Soon, one email turned into many and begot a never-ending cycle of tackling everything that appeared to be urgent and pressing.
At the end of the day, I had not spent time with God at all.
I wish I could say this only happened on rare occasions, but the reality is, it has happened more than I care to admit.
