Preoccupied

Consider words that turn us away: no vacancy, no parking, occupied.  Sometimes it’s not just words – it can be a long line or a full parking lot.    One word or one look at we’re moving on to something else.

 

Consider now how Christians turn God away.  In this fast-paced, drive-through world, sitting quietly is just not a common thing.  Our sweet granddaughter Ella told me last year she was practicing “sitting down and being quiet.”  I’ve thought about how tough that must be for a [at the time] three-year-old then I realized that’s a challenge for young and old alike!  The psalmist writes, “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10).  Perhaps one reason Christians have missed knowing the God of the Bible is that we do not practice being still before Him.  I’ve stood in the Judean wilderness (desert) where absence of sound and activity rule; this is where God revealed Himself to David and led him to pen some of his sweetest thoughts toward His Creator.  I challenge you to step out of the traffic of the day and become preoccupied with God.  He has much to say – let Him speak!