Scripture of The Day
The cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless. – Mark 4:19, The Amplified Bible
The many things we do every day can suffocate our spiritual life if we allow it to.
I have heard that this nation has become a nation of maintenance men. We are so busy with the many things we have to maintain. We maintain our house, car, yard, machines, and hair, and it goes on and on. It seems we have become a maintainer of so many natural things that we don’t have any time left to maintain our own spirit.
When we find ourselves in that place, it is time to simplify our lives. My friend says that when she is considering something she thinks she needs, she measures the cost in dollars and cents. Then she considers how much time it will take to maintain it. Maybe we should adopt that process and think about whether or not we can spiritually afford it.
Second Timothy 2:4 tells us not to get entangled in the affairs of this life. If there is one thing I’ve learned over the last 40 years it is that nothing is as important as spending time in prayer and the Word with the Father. Absolutely nothing in my life is as vital as that.
