What Keeps You Busy?

As an Associate Pastor and one who is in charge of many things that occurs in the Baptist church that I attend I am always pushing my teens and church members to attend every activity that is going on. But when certain things come up and I hear things such as "I have to work that day" or "I have a volleyball game this weekend" or "I just want to sleep in this Saturday" or "I have homework to do" how exactly am I suppose to feel? I understand that many many things encompass the lives of the young adults that I am responsible for but what really are we created for? Are we created to fill our lives and weekends with sports practices and games, are we created to work on days that are suppose to be set aside for our Lord and Savior, and finally are we created to fill our days with so much stuff that we are forced to do homework during times designated for church (because I do believe school is important)? Where do we draw the line? What am I suppose to tell the parents of the young people I am responsible for?

Most people know what I mean when I say the gospels but for those who don't, the gospels are the books of the New Testament that are written explaining the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. During the early church after the time of Jesus Christ and before the gospels were written what do you think was going on? Jesus Christ the savior of man had just come to live and had just ascended into heaven after performing miracles, healing the sick, encouraging the suffering and pretty much changed the lives of everyone in that region but the gospels or stories of His live werent written down until 30 years later. What in the world were they doing? Why would these individuals who had physically seen the miraculous stuff that Jesus had done but wait 30 years before they put it down on paper?

BECAUSE THEY WERE TO BUSY....But not with the mindles stuff that will have no impact in eternity, they were busy telling people the stories of Jesus Christ, they were to busy spreading the gospel, they were to busy making a difference in this world.

If you think about your day to day you will find lots of things that take up your time that will not make a difference in this life or the next. We are to busy worrying about our future and to busy worrying what makes us happy rather than focus on the Great Commission.

What are you created for? You are created for the glory of God and in God you are created and destined for greatness. Don't fill your life with the things that are trival but fill your life with the things that will allow God to say "Good job my good and faithful servant."