I somehow have a feeling that I am not alone with what I am going to blog about. I notice a lot that I have to feel productive to a certain point each day to feel good about myself, or to feel that I did enough that day to really say I spent my time wisely and accomplished a lot. If days go by, where I don't get everything I wanted to get done, or where Its a slower day and I relax more, I feel as if it was a waste of a day and I get discouraged. We are wired as humans to work, to plan, and to be productive with our hands and what we do, the problem is we need to let God define what HE wants us to do each day, and what is productive to HIM.
I need to work on getting better at really knowing what God wants from me each day and what he wants me to accomplish, OR maybe not accomplish. A lot of the time we can easily become distracted, while actually thinking we are being productive and getting a lot done. What we are doing might actually produce NO fruit, and be of no use to God. Certain things I feel I need to get done each day, really might not actually need to, but I just feel the need to create a "To Do" list of my goals and get them done. When I have done this, (and still do, but I am working on really trying to listen to God each day for what really is important and what I really need to focus on) I might have missed out on something MORE IMPORTANT or BENEFICIAL to God's kingdom.
I really do believe this is a tactic that Satan can use to distract us from doing what the Holy Spirit guides us to do. If we THINK we are doing God's work ( for example – getting ready for my World Race trip, the 11 months will be able about spreading the Gospel and doing the work of Jesus, to be able to do this for that year, there is SO much to prepare and get ready. If I am doing some of the wrongs things in preparing, then it is actually hindering my preparation for the trip. When some days really what I need to do is ask God how I can better fundraise, or what I should accomplish today that will be more beneficial than what I think I myself need to do), but in REALITY we are being distracted by the Devil. He would love nothing more than to burn us out, and make us think we have this massive "To Do" list of things that we MUST accomplish right now, or this week for us to feel satisfied, and for us to feel that we did enough for God. We really need to (I myself the main focus point) slow down, and ask God to guide us and do his will, and work according to HIS agenda. If we don't, we could really be missing out on some amazing things he will use us to do, we might just be "Too Busy" to let him.
