Truth. Not taking the time or expending the energy to listen for and discern God's will, we can flit from one program to another, latching on to the next popular religious program. Listen to Paul's warning, "Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. …" (Eph 5:15-17).
The wise are careful to make the most of life's opportunities because they strive to understand what the Lord's will is, not just follow along with the crowd. What is God doing around you that He is inviting you to join in with Him? What are your life's circumstances equipping you to accomplish? What is your daily Bile study pointing you toward? What is the Spirit nudging you toward? What are faithful Christians encouraging you to do? The wise are weighing all these voices together to seek a clear word from the Lord - the foolish just allow the next thing to occupy their time, possibly using the.time God was calling them to something else.
Sometimes it is the good that stands in way of the better or best. It may be a family activity, a church program, a civic opportunity or any number of good things that take up the time which was needed to accomplish God's task for you. That new job may edge out a call to missions. Driving the kids to every extra curricular activity possible may make it impossible to drive down to the local mission house to donate time. Agreeing to that next church committee assignment may keep you tied up when God's assignment is revealed.
I'm not saying we shouldn't commit to things, but I am saying that we should not commit to so much that there is no time left for divine appointments. And, I am saying that we should be actively seeking God's will daily.
Jus' Sayn.
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