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Defining Moment
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In a daily email that I received this morning, I read the following:
“There will also be vanishing points if you do not receive the turning points that I am giving in this season. If you choose not to seek after Me and listen to Me, the opportunities that I am giving you to arise and go forth will vanish, and your part in that will be lost. My people, rise up and hear and believe that this season will present many defining moments.”
My heart was truly convicted. I usually have my “quiet time” reading the bible in the mornings before everyone gets up for work and school. Lately though, this time has been dwindling as I strive to catch the extra minutes of sleep. I could give LOTS of excuses for not getting up earlier, but the bottom of it is that I’ve been simply too tired.
The sad part is that I’ve been too tired to seek after Him and listen to the Almighty. Allowing stress to accumulate, my eagerness to complete school, and unfortunate problem with procrastination, all has seemed to diminish the quality of the time that I do spend with my Father.
The passage this morning hurt spiritually as I sat in wonder and considering what opportunities I missed already and am missing now all because I have failed to seek after the One who’s been waiting to present them to me. All have vanished and my part in them is lost.
Today, as I reflect, may this be a defining moment for me. May the snooze button on the (3) alarms in the morning not hold me back any longer from missing my time of seeking God. Father, may I no longer miss the opportunities that you seek to lay in my path, may they not vanish and may I choose to arise and go forth seizing the “parts” you have created me to play in the future you have created.
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Erika Borek says...
I am right there with you. I am about to go back to serving at church as well, I think that was when I first started to slack with my time with God (when I stopped serving in childrens ministry.) Bible studies next. Of course I should be doing it all on my own everyday, but my excuses like to roll in (usually lack of sleep as well.) Thanks for sharing, I like to know I am not the only one out there!
I am definitely right there with you....my main trouble is simply in the lack of sleep (major lack of) and homework. But I share a quote I received from Jill Briscoe, who was at the Just give me Jesus conference with Anne Graham Lotz, she said, "I would rather be sleep deprived than God deprived." Valuable conviction, but so hard to follow through when you only get 5-6 hours a sleep and you need much more. Love ya girl and know that you are definitely not alone.
