I'm listening to this song right now that says, "Give me Jesus; you can have all this world, just give me Jesus." Many of us know the song well. But the question is, do we live it? Is He really our first Love, our primary focus, our essential reason for being alive? Because He should be.
Yesterday as I was going throughout my day there were several things going on. I got together with a friend, then as I was watching the little girl I nanny, I kept receiving texts or calls from a few people and found out some things that excited me. My mind tends to stay focused on things like that for quite some time if it is either something I am concerned or upset about or excited about. I think through everything that I should or could do in response, or play out possible future events in my head. Basically, I get distracted.
I don't think it's always a bad thing, but I was reminded yesterday, realizing how full my mind was of so many things, that sometimes Jesus can slip to the background of my consciousness when crowded by other thoughts. I prayed then that He would remain first in everything, that I would remember that for all my good intentions, He must be my purpose. Him alone. That my love for him would outshine everything, good and bad alike.
I am a follower of Christ, first and foremost, and if my life reflects that alone, it is enough.
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