It's Spring Cleaning Time!

How many of you would be able to say, as you look over your life, that far too often you have had misplaced priorities in your life?  I always have the best of intentions, but somehow I often seem to get my focus off course.  In the sermon on Sunday, I mentioned that, for the Israelites, God’s big thing had become their small thing.  And, if we were really honest, we are a lot like them!  We get focused on our personal lives and we seem to let God take second place.  We don’t intend for that to happen, but it just happens – it’s a slow fade. 

It’s always something, isn’t it?  There are the kids' games, the dance lessons, the job, the MBA, the house, the kitchen or bathroom remodel, the bills, and all the other struggles of living in this fast-paced, stress-filled culture.  Perhaps you have even heard yourself say something like, “When the kids are grown or when I retire, then I’ll have time to take a Bible study or to go to church on a regular basis.”  I know I said that shortly after I graduated from college: “I’ll start going to church on a weekly basis once I get settled.  I’ll get more involved once I’ve got a job and new place to live.  I’ll take more Bible studies at church once I have more time.” 

This week, I encourage all of us to examine our lives and to start doing some pre-spring cleaning of sorts with the priorities of our lives.  Dust off and get rid of those misplaced priorities!  What might our lives look like if we put God first?  If we really truly believed and lived our lives with God being the big thing in our lives – the number one priority – how might our lives look?  I believe that if we make God’s big thing our big thing, and if we seek Him first, we will have more contentment, more fulfillment, more joy and a deeper peace then we could ever imagine.  I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to start some spring cleaning! 

Casting Crowns has a song called “Slow Fade” that is a good reminder to us what happens when we compromise and don't seek after God’s plan for us. 

In His Grip!

Pastor Carol