JESUS says that distractions are kind of like weeds.
Riches can be a weed in your life. We can be so busy making money we don’t have time for GOD. So busy making a living, we don’t really live. We don’t really enjoy life.
We just get up in the morning and go to work. We work hard to pay the bills and catch up
and get even and keep up with the Jones’ and we flop into bed at night, get up
in the morning and do the same thing all over again.
GOD gets crowded out. GOD gets the leftovers in your life. In the desire to make money you can forget
GOD.
Another weed is pleasures.
There is nothing wrong with pleasures. Who do you think gave you the ability to
enjoy pleasures? GOD did. GOD thought up the fun in the world and gave
you the senses and the abilities you have in order for you to enjoy
pleasure. GOD wants you to enjoy
pleasure. But HE’s saying you can be so
busy having fun (and GOD wants you to have fun) but when it becomes number one
in your life, guess who’s getting crowded out?
There are a lot of different kinds of weeds. It could be a relationship, a responsibility,
anything. A weed is anything that
distracts you from making time to be with GOD. To set down, be quiet and pray
and say, “GOD, is there anything YOU want to say to me today?"
Some days HE will and some days HE won’t but you’ve
got to have the line ready, so HE can talk to you.
A very theological question: How much effort does it take to grow
weeds? No effort at all. The difference between a plant and a weed – a
flower is something you cultivate, you fertilize, you trim, you water it and it
still doesn’t grow, – a weed you do nothing and it explodes. That’s the difference. You don’t have to water weeds. They grow.
You see, weeds are a sign of neglect. When I start neglecting getting together with
other CHRISTians in worship, going to a Bible study – any of these things – the
weeds are going to grow up in my life and the Bible said they’re going to choke
the spiritual life out of me.
I’m going to loose my joy, my peace, my purpose, my
sense of calmness, my ability to handle stress, etc. The weeds will coke the life out of you and
they all come just by neglecting spending time with GOD.
Just a thought from the front porch…
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