"We Don't Have Time!"

Casey can tell you. I think I say this phrase once a day. With good reason. But what does “reason” have to do with it?



Sure, Casey and I have been married for almost 8 months now. Sure, we both have full-time jobs…and secondary projects by choice. Sure, we are wearing ourselves out every Sunday morning to teach a group of rowdy 4-year-olds. Sure, we are trying to build friendships with 4 or 5 other married couples our age. This is time-consuming stuff.


But what if it just comes down to endurance? I am fully aware that God gave us 24 hours in a day…we spend 8 of those hours at work. That leaves 16 whole hours. Rocket science, I know. Even if we sleep for 8 of those 16, what kind of Kingdom work could we accomplish with 8 hours a day? Could we try a little bit harder to grasp what Scripture is trying to say to me? Could we read one of the hundreds of books that we have been meaning to read, so that our minds can be expanded a little bit more? Could we initiate a few more conversations about the Truth? Could we open my eyes a little bit wider to see what God is asking us to do?


I have never read anything in the Bible about “If you feel tired, just give up. You don’t really need to do anything else. Just be a bum.” Everything I have seen and experienced says that when we are tired, God gives us strength…when we are weak, He is strong…when we feel worthless, Christ reminds us that He died for us…when we feel like we can’t go on, we will rise up on wings like eagles…we will run and not grow weary, walk and not faint. There are times when God leads us into a valley of rest for a time, but we must understand that He did not create us to rest. He tells us in Hebrews 4 that we will one day enter His land of rest…eternal rest. That makes me think that He created us for a purpose here on this earth. A purpose that we are meant to pursue with all that we have. This purpose is different for everyone, so that we will realize the importance of our specific task.


Next time you feel like you can’t take another step, look up. Lift your eyes to the hills.


There is time enough for that.