Time

Yesterday I heard someone say, “I no longer have the time to waste going to pray all the time.” Ok, so that’s a rough translation, but that was the intended meaning. My very first reaction was to grin, (yeah, I have a strange sense of humor), I’ve read over and over again that there is always time to pray, always, and the more time you actually give to prayer, the more time you’ll actually find for prayer. (It probably doesn’t seem to make much sense, but what do you know, it actually works!!)

But then I got to thinking, how much time do I actually have for God? How much time a day do I actually dedicate to God? I am not the kind who can get into a longwinded prayer about anything. I think the longest I’ve actually prayed, as in actually spoken has been five minutes!! My friends, some of them anyway, find that a bit strange, but I always tell them, God already knows what I want, what I need, He gave me those desires, those wantings, there’s already a plan for them to be fulfilled, and yes, I will pray, I will ask for what I want, I will thank him for what I’ve received, for what He’s done for me, but I don’t see the point of repeating all that in the space of five minutes!! I guess I’m drifting off point now, I can’t profess to know much about prayer, so don’t take my word as the truth, I could be the misguided one.

Back to the topic, how much time do we actually put aside for God? I remember telling myself that the first two hours of my day would be for God; that is the time during which I travel to work, but more often than not, I am not even thinking about God!! So how can I profess to dedicate time to God when I don’t even remember Him during that time? And even when I do, its just a “Hello Big Guy, thanks for getting me up this morning, please guide my steps this day…” Technically, that is enough, for a prayer anyway (I think), but God actually wants to have a relationship with me, that might be enough for a prayer, but it certainly isn’t something to build a relationship on!!

And then when I do get round to doing my devotional, I’m sometimes in a hurry to get it done, to move on with my life, the life He has given me!! And in that hurry I only rarely get the full message intended for me that day; sure, I get snippets, but imagine a relationship with any friend where you only hear one word out of every ten they speak? I don’t think you’d get along very well.

So how much time do I actually put aside for God? When I think about it, almost none!! I definitely do not want to end up like that lady I overheard, but when I look at my life, that is the path I am walking along, so now I’m trying to change, but even in that I need His help, His grace coz I know I cannot do that on my own.

I’m not going to say do this and do that and all, I am just asking you to just look at your self, your life and honestly answer the question “How much time do you put aside for God?”

Have a blessed week.