John 18:36 “My kingdom is not of this world.”
How often do I enter into the Word of God and prayer so fully that I can ignore the other things constantly pushing in on me? How much time do I set aside for God in my day? For most of us, it is not practical to be cloistered away from all the responsibilities of life, but do I ever allow myself to seek out extended uninterrupted time with my Savior? Even though life gets very busy, I can always find time to binge watch Property Brothers or enter into some other light pursuit that fritters away hours at a time. Aren’t we always being encouraged to find time to relax and do “self-care” so as to re-center? Is this inherently wrong? No, but what if I took some of that “extra” time to concentrate on my relationship with God? What if I made time with Jesus my self-care because it actually goes deeper into soul-care?
There is also the trap of being too busy for elongated time with God. This can even occur in ministry. I could be pouring out all my energy to others with every good intention, but have my well run dry because of a lack of time with Jesus. If I spend precious little time with Him, how will I know His will or be able to gain my strength from Him? Chambers writes, “You have no idea of where God is going to engineer your circumstances, no knowledge of what strain is going to be put on you either at home or abroad, and if you waste your time on overactive energies instead of getting into soak on the great fundamental truths of God’s Redemption, you will snap when the strain comes; but if time soaking before God is being spent in getting rooted and grounded in God on the unpractical line, you will remain true to Him whatever happens.”
Soaked, rooted, and grounded, remaining true to God no matter what happens. Words that are so very crucial for such a time as this.
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