Don't Miss the God moments

God's been writing this week. I tried to write in my journal some while out of town so I could just type the blog from there, but He wouldn't let me. Apparently these blogs are only meant for here.

Busyness has crept into my life and my schedule over the past couple of years. It's amazing how fast we can fill up time and think we are doing what we are supposed to be doing when in fact we are just spinning wheels. We are so focused on the end result that we can't see the journey we are traveling. We see the ladder we think we should climb, but don't realize the building it is leaning against. Details are important and can make the difference in being fruitful and just being busy. My focus has been off, my time has been mismanaged, and if I'm really being honest I've been filling my time with a lot of "good" things that I neglected some God things. Oh I've had a few God moments in the last couple of years, things I can look back and know that those doors were straight from God. I've also had some doors that I ran through thinking they were good doors only to realize they cost me time on where I was headed. We can get so caught up in what someone else wants us to do and asks us to do that we have no time left for what He wants us to do.  We get so caught up in being the us someone else thinks we should be that we neglect the us God has called us to be. We fill our schedule so full of good moments that we have no time left for God moments. Life is too short and time too precious to waste it on things that are not going to matter later. 

God redirected my heart and my focus a few months ago and started directing me back to a few things that I had forgotten. I hadn't really "forgotten" them, but I was too busy to listen. I was too busy for a lot of things. If I wasn't doing something or working on something, my mind was going non stop trying to plan the next thing. Even worse my mind spent a lot of time worrying and stressing about what others thought and said. I wish I could tell you I didn't fight the redirection at first, but I did. Fighting still leaves you stressed, frustrated, full of worry, and questioning if God really has you where He wants you. Please hear my heart sweet reader. The enemy wants nothing more than for you to doubt that God is working in your life. If he can get you frustrated with yourself and not seeing the purpose and plan God has laid out, then he has won the battle for now. If he can keep you feeling defeated, you will defeat yourself and become your own worst enemy. Then finally you get to the point where you go okay God what's it going to take to turn this around. If you ask Him, He will answer, just be prepared when He does. 

He has God moments planned for you every day. Too often times we may miss them or try to put them off until tomorrow and then miss His timing.  Look at your day through His eyes and slow down to follow when He leads. 

Closing thoughts: 

• When God brings someone to mind, do what He says. If He says pray, pray. If He says encourage, then stop and encourage them. If God says to do it, His grace is covering it. Too many times we reason it away and say I'll text later or when I have time(and the time never happens). You may be the word they need to keep moving forward during the day Your encouragement may be what keeps them from the pity party they enemy has planned for their day. You may be the one to remind them of God's love and that someone still cares.  God never let a person off my heart until I do what you have called me to do. 
• When God says meet a need, meet the need. Don't ask Him about the details or take your worries about it to Him. He knows your heart, He knows the details, and He knows how everything is going to fall into place. He knows what you can do and He isn't going to call you to do something that He hasn't equipped you to do. Word of caution: If you don't meet the need, He will find someone else to. You will be the one that misses out on the blessing.  God be louder than my flesh and help me to be Your hands and feet. 
• Spend some quality time with Him daily. He desires time with His children and at some point, He will get your attention and have you spend time with Him. Do it first and set the course for the day. Spend more time listening than you do talking. 
• Distractions will always be there. When the distractions get more of your time than God does, it's time to make some changes.

God don't let me miss any more moments that You have in my day. Soften my heart to Your whispers and work through me as only You can. My heart's desire is for a fruitful day, not a busy one. 

Focused on the journey,

~Melissa