Attend to Your Soul
Attend
To Your Soul.
All the world
All the minds
All the thoughts
All the scholars
All the time
in eternity could not heart-beat enough praise that you deserve.
I sit in my yellow chair one moment in space thanking you for this chance to praise your name. The air is cold and the sky is uninvitingly black. The tea pot is about to make its shrill sound that I must stop before waking the whole house. A baby (who woke me) is pulling all the books off the shelf. Although I desire more sleep most mornings, this baby has been a help in getting me out of bed nice and early to spend time with the Lord.
I marvel at the simplicity of our God and what he offers.
“Look to me, and be saved. ”
Just look.
In your dark- look.
At your work- look.
On your phone- look.
What do I spend most my time looking at?
Could it be we carry around extra anxiety-weights up giant mountains of doubt when all Christ has asked us to do is look up to him?
Do we look for the gifts of his hand to satisfy us instead of the gift of his presence? Is the root of my happiness found in relaxation, amusements, food, friends, or productivity? When I suffer these things do the true colors of my desires reveal themselves? Tim Keller confesses: "Lord, I want the gifts of your hand more than the glory of your face."
Yorkshire tea bag now in my steaming cup. I notice my baby put some popcorn in her mouth that was on the floor from last night's family movie night. As I swipe that out and into the trash I sit back down to pray. My journal open and I start to write to the God of this Universe. The baby has moved on to scattering colored pencils all over the floor.
A list of daily tasks is already building in my mind. They. Can. Wait.
“May I remember the dignity of my spiritual release, never be too busy to attend to my soul, never be so engrossed with time that I neglect the things of eternity.”
The God who gives me every breath by providing just the right amount of oxygen on this spinning planet.
The God who allows my heart to continue to beat.
The God who formed me and made my soul eternal.
My goals from when I first got up were about his gifts that I was looking to for salvation- now I see He is my salvation. I need not look any further.
Isaiah 45:22 says "Look to me, and be saved."
Pastor Loren asked on Sunday; "What do you have to do in order to receive a gift?"
We accept. We receive.
We open his Word and make daily space for the creator of space.
Now three brothers are awake and join the baby. The family noise level is rising with the new sun beams.
Oswald Chambers says "The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere."
Tea is gone, the rest of the family is up and looking for breakfast, my own stomach starts to rumble.
Spending the wee early morning hours with the Lord is never a waste.
Love you guys,
Alaina