The antidote to stress is supposed to be the balanced life. If you can get all the demands on your time and energy “balanced out”, you’ll find harmony. But it is never that easy. You can only keep things balanced until someone (your boss or a family member for example) places a new request on you. Soon, you’re out of balance again. Trying to balance demands of work, family, God and your own interests becomes an impossible juggling act- something is going to come crashing down.
Jesus said that the greatest commandment was Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment (Matthew 22:37,38). In other words, God wants everything of you- your time, your talents and your possessions.
It comes down to control- do you want to control your life or are you willing to let God control it? If you let God, all the demands placed on you are his to resolve. Let Him figure out how to bring balance to your life It’s time to let God manage your life.
Filed under: Discipleship, Personal Tagged: | balance, priorities, stress
You are talking about the pausing from our normal (?) thinking to allow for God’s presence, not just when we are in trouble, but as often as we can throughout the day. Sometimes I need to focus on a truth, or principle for just 30 seconds or so, God is with me right now, or maybe a favorite scripture verse. Taking just a minute to ponder a truth brings it to life in me and in a real sense I am reborn anew in the moment. What an awesome God we have.