I went to church last Sunday in between my shift as I was working overtime for the weekend to increase our percentage of attainment. I was thinking of not going to church because I know I have a full schedule ahead, but I decided to give God what is due Him of my time.
I was so glad I came. The message spoke directly to my heart. The speaker reminded me to place my priorities where it should be – my family. According to him, we all cheat with our time, but the questions should be “where are we cheating?”, “who are we cheating?” and “who feels cheated?”. We should choose to cheat on the area that is of lesser importance.
I’ve been working long hours for the past few weeks due to heavy workload, and other special tasks assigned to me. Sure, I was given a “power of one” card from higher management in appreciation of my efforts, but that wasn’t enough for the time lost not spending it with my family. The message reminded me to honor my husband and my family with the time that is supposedly spent for them. Nine hours of work in the office should be enough to honor my job. The rest should be spent building life-long relationships with the people who matter the most.
The speaker ended the message with a challenge to trust God to fill up the gap that we probably will leave should we spend more time elsewhere than work. I guess I was relying too much on my humanly efforts to do all I can do, forgetting that there is a greater power who can magically make things happen for me.
The message, has more importantly taught me to rely less on my self, to follow God’s will in blind faith, and to leave room for God to work in my life.
It has, most importantly, renewed my strength through total surrender.
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