As I prepared for another Kairos meeting I must say I was exhausted. This past week was the first week of School at Marlington (where I work) and being in the Technology department was exhausting. There was really no major issue just lots and lots and lots of little ones. By the end of the week I was exhausted and coming down with a cold that is presently kicking my butt. So as I laid in bed friday night I began to wrap my mind around the events of the week. So many times in life when I get busy I tend to put my head down and attempt to get things done. I focus so intently on my to-do list that I lose sight many times at what really is happening around me. I tend to focus on one thing that is 'yelling the loudest' to get my attention. That is what happened to me this week. Work was obviously yelling the loudest and received a majority of my focus for sure. So much so, that by the time I reached Friday I realized I had not even truly thought about Kairos prison ministry one bit. This feeling of regret overwhelmed me that night.
But isn't that how things usually go? I mean no matter how many blessings we have, or how much you want to focus on 'something for jesus', our mind gets distracted by the everyday stuff of life. I know for me as the 4 day event for Kairos approaches (11 days away), the stuff of life creeps in takes control of my thoughts and focus. How easy it is for me to get distracted from what should be my focus. And that focus is God. I have been reminded several times this week that we cannot do this thing of life on our own. In fact no matter how hard we try, our heart seeks whatever makes it happy at the moment. We are sinful people and, without God's intervention, will seek the things of this world in an effort to make us happy quickly. You see, our purpose is to bring God glory. But with out his divine help, we will constantly seek after the things of this world. I have started reading a book called "The Grass is Greener Conspiracy". The basic premise that our hearts are always seeking what appears to be greener grass on the other side of the fence. The author's main point is that without God's help, even for the desire to want to glorify Him, we will always look to the next thing of this world to seek happiness. So it should be not surprise to me that these next 11 days are some of the busiest for my family in quite some time. We have soccer practice, dance practice, awana, visiting friends, birthday's to celebrate and many more. It would be so easy to focus on how busy we are and not of God. My prayer is that as the devil ramps up his attacks on my family and all those on the Kairos team, that we would turn our focus to God. You see, the truth of it is God's work is going to get done. The question is this. Are we striving to bring Glory to Him through our everyday life or are we seeking after the treasure of this world? My prayer is that God would give me the desire to want to Glorify Him with my life so much that I will not even notice the stuff of this world.
Faithfully Serving Him,
Gary
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