So I’d like to take a break from all the mind-boggling science and do a little bit of a spiritual post. Okay, a major spiritual post.
Lately in my church, it has been stressed a lot about putting our priorities straight and becoming in tune with God. Now, most people look at their life and go, “Well, I could probably play video games less…but you know, it’s not like I’m worshipping them or something.” The question isn’t necessarily are you worshipping something, but rather what you are allowing to control your life.
Look at the amount of time you spend on video games, sports, watching TV, browsing the internet…whatever it is that you spend your time doing. Now look at the amount of time you spend reading your Bible, talking to God, glorifying God through your actions. Is it anywhere near the timeย you spend on other things (and yes, I realize that school doesn’t count here, so look at things beyond school)?
Here’s how you should look at this. What you give your mind to controls you. For example, if you spend hours on video games, and if you don’t get to spend hours on it and you become anxious or even irritated with life, then video games are controlling you. As soon as you let something take over your life, you are no longer in control of your body and mind. Is that really how you want to live your life, with a controller in your hand? Or would you rather be living for something more worth-while?
When we put God first, He controls our thoughts, actions, an everything in our life. That’s how it should be. It should all be for His glory to further His kingdom. He’s not a crutch to get into Heaven on. He is the person we commit our lives to, to serve with all diligence. We are to serve Him with heart, mind, and soul.
When we put God first, we are in tune with Him. This is how life should be lived. Christian means ‘little Christ’, and to be that little Christ, we need to be tuned in on who He is.ย A lot of the time, Christians get so focused on knowing all the little details, following every rule, doing what God wants us to do, trying to be perfect, that we miss the big picture. We lose sight of what being a child of God is. We forget that He is our Father who loves us more than we can ever realize and that He wants to spend time with us. He’s happy when we do loving things, but He wants us to become one with Him. He wants us to be so tuned to Him that every moment we live we are living for Him and with Him.
One thing that amazes me is how somebody who is new to Christianity can have something so beautiful that the rest of us who have been Christians for years don’t understand most of the time. Something that is so simple, yet wonderful. Something we lack. That’s pure, simple, joy and faith in the One who saved them. A young man began to attend my youth group at church in October. In January, on a ski trip with our group, he formally accepted God into his life after taking his first communion. When I look at him now, I see the raw emotions that he feels toward his Father. He sees the simple side of things, but he sees it for how deeply important it is. When I listen to him speak and pray, he understands it in a way that I, a Christian of over twelve years, can’t begin to comprehend it. Because he understands it in a different way and doesn’t get hung up on the details. And He is more in tune with who God is than I am. He gets it. Does he have Christianity ‘perfected’, or has he gotten rid of ‘bad habits’? No. But think about it; often Christians get caught up on somebody swearing or being crude and the sins of somebody, and we aren’t rejoicing that somebody has found their Savior. We are out of tune with God at that point. I am not condoning those things that are wrong, but simply saying that we need to see a miracle for what it is and not get stuck on the technicalities of situations.
To be in tune with God is not a complicated thing. We need to be wrapped in His love and wisdom before we can be in tune with Him. Once we are with Him spiritually and mentally, then we can truly begin to understand what He is calling us to do. We can truly begin to see the way He works and what He wants for us to do.
We can truly begin to see His magnificent grace and love.
This is so true! I enjoy reading your blog posts, keep them coming!
Thank you for this post ๐ This is exactly what I needed to hear. I have been far away from Jesus because I always make things too complicated. I just need to continually realize that it is simple.
This life is just one of the perfect grains of sand Jesus has given us, while we focus all our attention on it we miss the breathtakingly beautiful beach we are standing on! ๐ To lose our focus of this world and focus on the magnificent landscape of God’s characteristics and eternity then we are truly set free.
Thank you for this reminder ๐
Tim
I like how you put it, Tim. Thanks for writing that. ๐
That beach metaphor comes from someone that I cannot recall at the moment ^_^ haha. But I remembered and loved it, so I decided to post it ๐ It is my pleasure, thank you for writing this topic ๐
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I thought I would bring this to the front, had to search for it a bit.. It is a post that really got my attention.