Clamoring- the act of becoming loudly instinct. How many things clamored for your attention today? A few? Ten? Or more? As women we have people and situations that clamor for our attention every day. The endless list of chores and needs of our families are loudly instinting that we deal with them. The kids, a spouse, friends, work, laundry, dinner, floors to mop, things to put away, Bible study, prayer time, errands, help with homework, down-time, doctor appointment… the list could go on and on.
Ever feel overwhelmed? I know I certainly do. The list of things seems endless. And when things begin to pile up something has to go on the back burner. Sadly, I push back the activities that “people can’t see.” Bible study and prayer time. When I don’t find time to do them, you won’t see a big pile of it on the floor in the corner. But what you will see is very frustrated women. Others may not know why I am flying off the handle at the drop of a hat or melting into an emotional puddle on the floor, but I know. I’ve pulled away from the One who gives me peace and strength.
On our journey to learning to say yes to God, “You simple have to surrender all that’s clamoring for attention in your heart with the answer God is longing to hear spill from your lips, ‘Yes, God.’” (page 14) This journey won’t be accomplished if we don’t stay plugged into the One who will give us the power to say Yes to Him.
I once saw a speaker open his lesson by vacuuming the whole platform. It was quite a mess, but when he had finished..... it was still a mess. The tiny paper dots that were scattered all over the stage were still there, just pushed around to different places. You see, he vacuumed the whole stage without plugging the machine into the wall. It had no power and therefore had little effect on the paper dots on the floor.
His point was that without the power of God, cleaning up the mess that we have made of our lives is impossible. Likewise, without the power of the Holy Spirit working in us, we will not be able to say yes to God when He calls on us to do something.
So this is my challenge to all of us as we read this book. If you don’t already, set aside-plan- some time with God each day. Make your relationship with Him top priority. I will work on pushing other things to the back burner before I sacrifice my time with God. Like sleep! "O God, thou are my God: early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is." Psalm 63:1 I hope you’ll find ways to carve time out of your day for God also.
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