I don’t know how many times I have to learn this lesson because it is so obvious, yet so easy to forget. Here is the lesson: take time to pray and listen.
You would think we wouldn’t have to be reminded of that, and yet, I caught myself sitting at my desk on a long Wednesday workday trying to plow through a bunch of different things, only to hear a still, small voice gently rebuke me. “You aren’t trying to do ministry all by yourself, with only your own thoughts and efforts, are you?” So I got up, found one of my favorite nearby spots to pray and listen and (big surprise coming) it was amazing what God led me to think on, act on, to consider!
If life is sweeping you away like a river after the Spring rains, stop!! Take some time—in fact, PLAN SOME TIME—and get by yourself and pray. Ask God to show you whatever it is He wants to show you. You may very well find this time to be the most productive hour of your week!
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