Update: Busyness
Ealier, I wrote about how busyness sometimes sabotages my quiet time. Here is a great blog post by CJ Mahaney that addresses a similair issue, with great insights.
Mahaney writes:
“I forget now who first brought these points to my attention. But the realization that I could be simultaneously busy and lazy, that I could be a hectic sluggard, that my busyness was no immunity from laziness, became a life-altering and work-altering insight. What I learned is that:
- Busyness does not mean I am diligent
- Busyness does not mean I am faithful
- Busyness does not mean I am fruitful
Recognizing the sin of procrastination, and broadening the definition to include busyness, has made a significant alteration in my life. The sluggard can be busy—busy neglecting the most important work, and busy knocking out a to-do list filled with tasks of secondary importance.”
http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/Blog/post/how-busyness-and-laziness-coexist-cj-mahaney.aspx
http://www.desireforspiritualgrowth.com/2008/11/fighting-busyness-that-sabotages-quiet.html
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Fighting busyness that sabotages the quiet time
Why?
Sometimes I think that my struggle comes because I am sitting in my office (which is also my room), and my work surrounds me, and it crowds my mind. I am in the place of work, so my mind thinks of work. That is why I have found going outside to be very beneficial. I find it easier to focus on God when I am in a place I have designated as my meeting place for God. Jesus went to the garden to pray, Daniel went to the window, Moses went to the tent outside of camp, and I see those men as examples. Prayer can be done anywhere, because all of those men were no doubt in communion with God during the rest of the day. But when it came time to earnestly seek God in a one-on-One personal meeting, they did it alone and away from the rest of the busy world.
That model is powerful when applied to my quiet time. I have a tree picked out where I can go, sit with my Bible, and pray in quiet rest. It works as often as I do it. I’m trying to do it more…
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