"How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him
should ponder them."
How many times have we said to ourselves, "If I only had some time to
think!". We get so caught up in our day to day activities and the
pressures of the urgent that we don't find time to sit and think, plan
and be strategic. The grind of trying to stay on top of all of the
emails, phone calls, meetings and project work doesn't leave much time
for any of us to sit down with a clear mind and think about the future
or the the things we have in front of us that need deep and long
thoughts. There was a book that came out a few years ago about the it
being an art to be able to think and conceptualize the long view of the
future. But even like any art, there are foundational disciplines below
the art form that are required before one can do anything well. A
painter who doesn't understand color, a writer with poor grammar, a
songwriter who can't play an instrument, or a business leader who can't
find the time to think, are all efforts that are undermined by not
having the fundamentals understood and perfected before trying to layer
on the next level of creativity. Finding and carving out the time to
wear your thinking hat is a fundamental part of finding success in business.
The same is
true of our spiritual lives and the quest to be closer to the Lord.
Without the quiet time we cannot place our minds where they need to be
in order to focus and hear what God wants to say to us. We need time to
let our minds be free and ponder. In the beautiful Psalm 111, David
reminds us why we should take the time to think about what God has done
for us; "How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him
should ponder them." Today, find some thinking time first to spend with
God and then to spend thinking about those things that are important to
that need deeper thought. If you can find the quiet time for God first
and commit to that time, I have a confident feeling that you will be
amazed at how you will find the time for the other thinking too.
Reference: Psalm 111:2 (New Living Translation)
Reference: Psalm 111:2 (New Living Translation)
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