Today I was getting out of the car to meet a friend for breakfast.

Usually I get to the restaurant about 30 minutes before so that I can read my Bible and the devotion for that day.

Today, as I got out of the car I was reaching for my pen in the armrest and I saw my friend drive up.

I said to myself…” I don’t have time for the devotion today”.

And I realized the fallacy of that statement.

I chose to not arrive earlier. I chose to be on time rather than be early.

I had time…I chose not to TAKE the time this morning.

As I felt the sting of that comment…”Not having time”, I said to myself, “That WILL not get to be a habit.”

It could.
But it cannot.

“I do not have time for God” – A statement that cannot be made on any consistent basis by a pursuant Believer.

“I don’t have time”

No beating your back with the nine-tailed cat, but it’s choice we all need to correct.

Human beings MAKE time for the things they WANT to do.

From Labor Day through Thanksgiving, Saturday afternoons and evenings are set-in-stone appointments for college football fans.

It’s time set aside.

Say “I don’t have time” to your spouse and you will be denied a few things.

Say “I don’t have time” to your children enough, they will find something or someone who does have time.

God made time.

He placed the earth in orbit and rotation to allow daytime to work and night to rest.

He made the week to work and Sunday to worship and rest.

I DO have time.
Today I chose not to take it.

Looking at it one way…I “big timed” God today by telling Him I did not have time for Him.

That’s not His problem…It’s mine.

It can be an escalating problem if I choose to allow it.

I purpose today that it will not occur tomorrow.

Terry
May 14, 2015