In My Time

Is the favorite song in your life, “In My Time”? Maybe we don’t say those words, but our kids have said it many times. They might say, “just a minute”, or maybe a quick “okay” only for us to come back in an hour and see that our request has not been honored. Why is this? The answer is simply, priority! It’s all about us as individuals. Our needs, our comforts and our own situations are more important than anything or anybody else’s!

How many times have you made out a list of priorities? By the very nature of the word we are beginning on the wrong foot. Webster defines the word like this: “something given or meriting attention before competing alternatives”. In light of this, our list should only have one thing on it. There can only be one priority.

We are so much with God, like children are with their parents. God says, “come”, “stop”, “go”, “give” or just fill in the blank ( ), and we say, “I’ll do that when I’m good and ready!” Well, you might say, “I’d never say that to God!” Oh, no? How long have you been contemplating forgiving that person? Are you waiting for them to do something, like make the first move? Are you holding off serving until you’ve got “it” (whatever it is!) all together? Are you going to partake of that “forbidden fruit” one last time before giving it up to the Lord for good? As parents we call it, “First time obedience”. A parent instructing a child and the child, saying, “yes, ma’am”, or “yes, sir” and dropping everything and making in that moment, that request, his/her priority! Instead we argue and say, “…but what about…?”

A fairy-tale? No, that’s the standard that God calls us to. Remember Abraham? God told him to go and kill his one and only son. Remember what he did?

Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." Early the next morning ……he set out for the place God had told him about.
(Read Gen. 22:2-3 NIV)

Abraham had but one priority. That was to serve and obey Father God. Anything else was a “Competing alternative.” This week, let’s practice saying, “Yes, Sir” to our Heavenly Father!