Busyness About Our Business

I don’t know about you, but I find myself running from activity to activity – day after day!  Whether it is work, family, church, social events, etc… it doesn’t really matter, they can be very noble things that fill our time, distracting us!

Christmas is a terrific season of the year.  Celebrations, family gatherings, parties, shopping, decorating, travel.  All can be great blessings, but I want to purpose in my heart this season to strive for balance and remember who and what is truly important.  Christmas would just be a holiday if Christ hadn’t come to redeem us from sin and establish a relationship with us.

In the book of Luke, we read about a gentleman named Simeon.  He was a righteous man, filled with the Holy Spirit – that is basically the extent of our knowledge of who he was as a man.  We do know that he expected the Messiah to come and redeem Israel.  We also know that the Holy Spirit promised Simeon he would see Jesus before he died.  (Luke 2:25 – 35) Simeon did have the privilege of holding the Savior and recognized the significance of this child and His birth.

I appreciate Simeon’s response and find it to be a great challenge for myself to remember at this time of year; Simeon immediately praised God for the gift of His Son, Jesus!  He was grateful!  He also recognized immediately who the baby was, Jesus – the Savior of the world.  May I encourage you to join me in being grateful for the gift of salvation found in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Gratefulness helps us keep perspective in life.  Remember who this season is about, Jesus Christ, Savior of the World.  In the busyness of our business, let’s remember and rejoice in the Messiah – Jesus Christ – our Savior, the true reason for this Christmas season.

Robert Hayes is the Director of Program Ministries at America’s Keswick and one of my favorite pianists

Daily Bible Reading: Daniel 1-2; Proverbs 5; 1 John 4

Quote of the day:  Constantly choosing to be busy may be an unconscious attempt to have value before the Lord. To deepen requires exactly the opposite! We must slow down, choosing to spend blocks of time with God in private. We need to let go of the value we place on service, availability and busyness and take up the value God places on quietness, trust and peace (rest). We need to be aware of being too needed in any work; we are not! God calls us not foremost to “accomplish,” but to a deep relationship with Himself. A deep friendship with us as persons is what He desires most. Dr. Stanford

Bible Memory: Level 1: James 4:11  Level 2: James 4:11-17

Prayer Quotes:  Prayer imparts the power to walk and not faint. – Oswald Chambers