Time is an interesting thing, isn’t it? It can seem like
forever, or go by so fast you can’t believe it, or be just right. I’m thinking
most of us aren’t experiencing the ‘just right’ part. Hmmmmm
So, what causes time to feel like it is moving slower than
we want or faster than we want? Why does one person seem to get everything
accomplished they desire during a day and another is stressed out of their mind
with a lack of time issue? We all know this truth…..we all get 24 hours in a
day. So what’s the difference?
I’m thinking that my answer will be taken flippantly by many
as “oh yeah, I know that.” But, seriously, we may know it in our heads but we don’t
believe it in our hearts. But, here it is….
It is the object of our Trust. You know God’s word tells us
in Isaiah 26:3 -
Isaiah
26:3 (ESV)
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Just think with me for a minute on this verse. It says in essence…
God does keep in
perfect peace those who have committed
to focus on him, because they trust Him. Now let’s apply that to our day. This
morning you woke up... What was the first thing on your mind? Was it God? Was
there even a thought towards Him? Like “good morning, Father”? Like “thank you
that your mercies are new every day”? Like “I exalt Your Name today, LORD”?
Like “this is going to be a crazy day and I need you to guide me through it”? I
think you get the picture. I would say most times we wake up with thoughts like
“what time is it”? We hit the snooze button a few times. We start thinking, “I
have to get the kids up, dressed, to school, work, or homeschool…the house,
laundry, work deadlines, bible studies,” etc., etc. NONE of which are bad
things. But, when we start out without a thought toward Him we are, without
thinking about it, putting our trust in ourselves to accomplish all those
things during the day. We leave Him out and we have no peace because our focus
isn’t in resting in Him and His plan for our day but is on ourselves and others
and the expectations we have placed upon ourselves and/or others to perform a
certain way. Thus, time becomes a sub-focus because things are moving slower
than we want or faster than we want and now our anxiety level grows and our
self-condemnation of what we did or didn’t do in that 24 our period takes over.
We lay our heads down at night exhausted, feeling like we missed something,
frustrated with self and others and all the other junk we do when we are driven
by the flesh.
I love a term my sweet friend Iva May uses in her W3
discipleship material for women when she references the verse from Titus 2
about the older women training up the younger women. After giving a word study
on admonish or train, she concludes with this statement:
"She (the older woman) is to train the younger
women to think sanely or with a saved mind; in a word, to be disciplined."
Girls (and guys reading this), when we “Keep our mind stayed
on Him (trust Him)” from the moment we open our eyes until we close them daily,
we will have perfect peace. Does that mean your day will be circumstance free
of crazy stuff? No. It just means when our mind is stayed on Him and we trust
Him and not ourselves, we think sanely and/or with a saved mind when we deal with
the day. BIG DIFFERENCE!! Peace and time do have a cause and effect relationship
so may I encourage us to keep your mind stayed on Him
His,
Vickie
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