Knowing God

I am not quite sure just how or when it happened, but I find my world pulled in many different directions at once. Granted our home is a bit unusual with children ages 3, 5, 16, 17, and a 22 year old in college who pops in from time to time. Yeah, I know that’s part of the problem, but even people who are retired with children no longer living at home tell me they are busier than ever. How I long to live in Mayberry where you can spend the evening on the front porch relaxing (I know it’s not perfect there…but it sure beats my routine!). This busyness is not a new phenomenon, or even unique to our day; Psalm 46:10 instructs us to “be still and know that I am God.” Be still! I am not sure I have time to be still…and there lies the problem. We have filled our lives with so much ‘stuff’ that we cannot (or will not) afford God the time it takes for us to build a relationship with God. And perhaps one of the adversary’s greatest tricks is that we often fill our lives with ‘good and necessary stuff,’ without realizing the good and necessary stuff becomes bad stuff if it pushes God out of our daily schedule. For me the answer is walking, alone, early, most mornings (still I find I must be careful to guard that time for God and not to walk for the sake of walking!). It is there that I can clear my mind and meet my Savior for a time. I know that won’t work for everyone, but let me ask you, “Where is it you are intentionally still and seek to know God?”