Isaiah 53:6 – All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.
Last night, I got home with a list in my mind of things that I needed to do. It was a very short list. There were two things that I really needed to accomplish before I went to bed. Of course, the minute I got home, the phone started to ring, and I was on one conversation after another. Then a call came through the portal to speak to family members. Before the evening was over, I finally looked around as I was sitting on the couch, only to admit I had done nothing that I needed to accomplish. I had failed to do the things that were on my list and that I really thought were important.
Early in the morning, I began to think about my circumstance and how it was so illustrative of following Christ. We know what we're supposed to do. We know what we need to do. We know what we should do, but we often become sidetracked by all the collateral issues in our life. We so often fail to follow what is really important and necessary in our walk with Christ.
It's not because we intend to destroy our own path, but we fail to concentrate and prioritize that which is absolutely important: To read God's Word and meditate during our day. To take the time to have a conversation with the Lord several times a day. To be constantly aware that the Holy Spirit is speaking to your heart all day, telling you how you can minister to another every day.
There is so much that we can do during any day, but there is very little that is truly critical to walking with Christ. He does not intend our walk with Him to be difficult. Remember, His yoke is easy, and His burden is light. More than anything today, He wants to walk beside you.
Stay focused.
Stay healthy and have a blessed week!
~Dean Burnetti
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