I suppose if I was a child in school, I would be excited about a snow day. However, since I am neither a child, nor in school....I'm not. I would probably also be excited to get a free day off of work...however, being in between jobs - this also, is not a benefit to me. All I am getting out of tonight is small group (NOTE: For those not familiar with the Christian lingo "small group" it's this - a place where those that love the Lord come together to talk about Him, grow together, and share in our struggles. It's a place of love and encouragement. And if you're in a women's small group...it's also a place of good food!). I love the women in my small group so this is disappointing to not get that fellowship time I was so looking forward to.
I was thinking about this feeling of disappointment and wondering how God feels when something comes in the way of our time with Him. Does He look forward to it as much as we look forward to seeing our friends? I would assume He does, and quite a bit more, in fact. He created every intricate and quirky detail about us. He loves us enough to come and die for us. He is ALWAYS there, ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS ready to catch us. I love my friends, but I can't claim such bold of statements about any of them.
So having settled that God DOES care about us and DOES look forward to our time together, He must be let down when we let the insignificant things of this world choke out our time with Him. I'm not implying that it's bad to go to work, spend time with people you love, or even have fun or just veg out (See Chapter 10 "The Sacrament of Living" of A.W. Tozer's book "The Pursuit of God".) But I wonder what God's thoughts are when we spend more time on all of that than on Him - when we serve Him our leftovers from the day. I don't know about you, but I serve a HOLY God, worthy of my EVERYTHING. I know that I don't always give Him that.
I don't want to get to the end of my life and wonder "What did I spend all my time on??" I want to say that I spent it getting to know my wonderful Savior.
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