Too Busy to Know God

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven" (Mt 7.21).

This week I'm on a trip to Fort Knox to talk human resource stuff with Army experts. Before I came I thought that I should find out if there were any other disciples up here with whom I could fellowship. Then I thought: "I won't have time." God thought otherwise as I ran into a godly man who shares many similar friends with me. As Andy White and I ate lunch together, I realized why God put us together.

I've been struggling lately with being "too busy," an excuse I have heard often and always thought was simply people putting the love of the world before their love for God. I felt like I had no time to do what I knew God wanted me to do for Him. Without knowing my struggles, Andy serendipitously shared with me Matthew 7.21-23 wherein "believers" explain to God that they should get into heaven because they "prophesied in His name, cast out demons in His name, and do many might works in His name." God replied, "I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness."

How many "might works" have I done that qualify me for Heaven? How many times do we provide the lists of tasks we ought to do for God rather than listen to Him explain our marching orders? I think, "I don't have time to do what I think God wants me to do," but all the while God has given me the time to do exactly what He wants. The problem is that I haven't asked what that is: I've just assumed that I knew. May God open my ears, my heart, and my mind so that I might know Him and know the works He has called me to do.

 

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