It's been exactly one month since I last blogged. It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about, but I just haven't made the time. By the time I'd be able to sit at my computer for more than a second, my thought would leave and I'd forget what I wanted to write. Such is life. I had some time during my unplanned "unplugging" to think about what is taking priority in my life. I don't know about anyone else, but my time with God has diminished greatly as my time with technology has increased. I just have not made the Lord my highest priority. So, I have kind of unplugged from some of the activity that was totally drowning me. Less time on Facebook, less time on tv, leaving all "mommy" groups except for bible study, and soon my iPhone will be going away (hallelujah!!!).
I'm chipping away at these things that are eating away at my spirit man. An addict is not formed overnight, but over a period of time when the "drug" of choice takes over and rules the choices we make. Much attention is given to addicts of substances that are harmful to the body, but what about substances that are harmful to the spirit? It's not that I think facebook is evil, but when it takes priority over time with God, then it becomes a tool for the enemy to distract us from our purpose. The enemy of our soul desires to distract us from time with God so that we never fully realize our destiny or purpose, thus never fulfilling our purpose. However, the Lover of our soul desires to fill us in every way possible that would far exceed anything that facebook, tv, friends, gadgets could possibly try to bring us joy. Psalm 37 puts it like this "Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this.
Verse 4 in the King James Version of the bible reads "Delight thyself in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Generally, people read this scripture and hear only the second half "He shall give me the desires of my heart" they say. For many years, I was one of those people. I failed to read the full verse, or any of the verses before or after it. I'm not just asking God to fulfill desires for a new house, a new this or that, but more importantly, "God, fill my heart with desires for you!" "God, fill my heart with desires for your purpose in me!" Years ago, my prayer would have been "God, my desire is ________, now fill it". Wow! Fail. But, now, I want more of Him! Less of me, Lord, more of you!
So, the whole point of this is that I needed the past month to "delight myself in the Lord". I'm not done, I need MORE of Him! I might be even more sporadic on FB, less likely to know which shows are cool and who said what and when they said it. I'm okay with that. Those things don't have eternal value, but time with my Lord does. If I have to unplug even more, then so be it. If I don't, then Lord, help me to use those tools for your glory, and not my own.
