The People Demand a King
Read 1 Samuel 8:1-22
Reflection: Are You Listening? 1 Samuel 3:10
- What are some things that drown out God’s voice for you? What makes it difficult for you to be still in God’s presence?
- Are personal sins blocking you from hearing God’s voice? Take time to confess any wrongs you have committed and ask God to cleanse you.
- Read Psalm 84 to prepare you to spend some time in God’s Presence.
Life, Life is what keeps me from doing what I know I should for God. My noisy, busy life is in constant competition; always trying to get the floor. It seems that I am just too, too busy. First, I have to work, then the kids
need me, my husband is next in line, and then if there is anything left, I will take some for myself. And then the phone rings; dishes need to be washed; laundry folded. I recently took
a vacation and stopped all of my data. I wanted to take a vacation. When I returned,
I had ONE HUNDRED and NINETY emails, and that is just on one account. It seems
that daily, the needs of those around me are more than I have time to give. It
seems that everything and everyone needs me all at the same time. Maybe it’s
just me, but I thought that technology and all of the modern inventions of
industrialized society were supposed to make life easier. Instead, I am always
bogged down and occasionally overwhelmed with all that I have to do in a day’s
work. I promised the Lord that I was going to read DAILY for just thirty days,
reflect DAILY and blog DAILY about my reflections. I must admit that it has been a
challenge. I have been able to read and reflect, but many of the blogs remain
in my head. I am trying to get them out. One thing that I have to do is stop
beating myself up. I believe that God knows my heart. I did find encouragement
in a passage that I read the other day. It simply said, “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road
ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know
myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I
am actually doing so. But I believe that I have that desire. And I know that if
I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may not know about it.
Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem lost and in the shadow of
death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and will never leave me to
face my perils alone (Thomas Merton).” I think this is the point of our busy lives.
It is there to remind us of God’s grace. Even when we don’t keep our promises He
is faithful and always in our presence, waiting patiently for us to return to
his presence. When my busy life tries to drown out the voice of God, I just say the
name Jesus (selah) and I know that he is with me. And I have found that when I put Him first, the rest of the day seems much easier, and less busy.
Related Readings:
Psalms 84: 1-12; 86:1-17
Matthew 5:8
John 10:1-6
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