I stumbled across an interesting sight the other day on a very popular Christian website. One of the things that first caught my eye was an advertisement for a Bible study resource. The ad read, "Men – know God better in just 5 minutes a day." I don’t care how busy you are, you can find five minutes every day, especially if it will result in greater knowledge of God.
This slogan must be a winner in our hurried, hassled, accelerated, rushed world. We are all busy, especially us men. We must get to work early, get home in time to spend the evening with the kids, take a weekend job so we can keep the family outfitted with stuff, and do all the other things required of a good husband and father. One of the things that always seems to get lost in the shuffle is our relationship with God.
Now, someone comes along and offers to help me "know God better in just 5 minutes a day" and I know I can squeeze another five minutes into my busy life for something that important. Perhaps it’s true that I can have everything plus a good relationship with God.
As I am reaching into my wallet to get a credit card so I can click the button to order the 5 minute per day resource, my eyes notice the title of an article. It is just a few inches down and little to the left of the advertisement. The article is entitled, "Are You Too Busy For God?" That question triggered a conundrum for me. I just admitted that it would be a challenge to find an extra five minutes for God. I am probably too busy for God!
Don’t you hate it when you are forced to evaluate priorities! I know that my sole purpose for existence is to live in relationship with God. If I read the Bible correctly, that is why we were created. God did not breathe His breath into our lungs so that we could go off and do our own thing. The most important task we have is to know God. This is especially true after we have an encounter with Jesus Christ. It is inconceivable that we would be too busy to have an intimate relationship with the One who loved us enough to offer His "beloved Son" to solve our sin problem.
We should be embarrassed if we are attracted to an advertisement that promises intimacy with God in only "5 minutes a day." What are we doing with our time that is more important? What activities are so indispensable that they crowd out our relationship with the creator of the universe?
I confess; I find that I am too busy for God way too often. That probably means that there are many things in my life that are not a part of God’s plan. Perhaps it is time to rearrange my schedule and be a better steward of my time.
I don’t know about you, but this is not a good time to have to think about stewardship of time. Baseball season is just around the corner. I wonder if God would be content with a quick conversation during the seventh inning stretch?
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