Jesus Time

How often do we take stop what we are doing to spend time with Jesus? Take a minute to reflect on the last time you stopped what you were doing, stopped thinking about homework, cleaning dishes, washing clothes, writing a report, getting that next promotion, cooking dinner, mowing the yard, or anything else that demands your time and attention because it is 'so important'. Was it this morning? Yesterday? Last week? Last month? Last year? Can't remember? Why is it that Christ has time to impact us everyday whether we know it or not, but we can't make the time to sit down and devote ourselves to him? Christ had made the time to hang on the cross and die for our sins, but we won't take five minutes of our day to stop and thank Him? What about praise Him for all the amazing things He has given us? Don't feel like He has provided lately? Look around. Do you have a roof over your head? Clothes on your back? Running water? Food to eat? A TV? Car? Electricity? Friends? Family? That is just the very tip of the massive iceberg of blessings the Lord has provided us. So why is it that we can't make time for God? Is it because the game will give us something to talk about at work tomorrow? You need your favorite shirt washed so you can wear it on your date tonight? What if we talked about God with our co-workers? Instead of "did you see that touchdown run?" we start with "you will never guess how God impacted me this weekend." And on the date what if instead of using looks to hook the other person you used your faith in Christ. Instead of bragging about yourself and trying to impress the other person you tell them about God and how He will always be your number one relationship? 
My challenge to everyone is to stop letting earthly things get in the way of your relationship with Christ. Nothing that this world has to offer is as important as Christ is. Only Christ can provide the one thing you need, eternal life. Scripture tells us Jesus is "the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him." It also tells us “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Christ is all we need. We don't need shiny, fancy things. Christ carried His cross so that we would be able to be forgiven and take up our cross and glorify God so that we may have Eternal Life. 
The challenge has been set before by God when he told us "you shall have no other gods before me." This includes worldly things that consume us. Don't let life become a false god. Instead take your life, give it fully to Christ and follow The Call He has for you.
I pray that everyone hears The Call and has time with Christ everyday because the reward is more than any of us will ever be able to imagine. 
God Bless!