Slow Down

Matthew 14:12-21 speaks of the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000, verse 23 of the same chapter tells us of Jesus taking the time to get away and pray.

It's hard to hear God in the busyness of life.
Often we have so much going on, places to be, people to see, that we lose site of the most important thing in our lives-notice I said MOST important, our relationship with God.


If we don't slow down and get quite, we will not hear God speaking to us.
There is a story in the Bible in 1 Kings 19 that talks about a man named Elijah. I am often brought here when thinking about God and how He speaks to us, and in this story Elijah is told to stand on the Mountain and wait because God was going to pass by. All this crazy stuff happens like earthquakes and fires, but it says God was not in any of that and then a small still voice speaks to Elijah and he knows it's the voice of God.


We can't hear God if we are not going to listen.
Slowing down has to do with making time to have relationships. Every relationship that we have needs time, a lot of it. Ever had a best friend? God wants time with us too: reading the Bible, praying, and just hanging out. We need to slow down to make sure that happens.


This week I challenge you to turn off something for one hour (TV, Ipod, Computer) and give that time to relationships. Spend 15 minutes reading your Bible, spend 15 minutes praying, spend 15 minutes to really talk to your parents, and spend 15 minutes to really listen to them. Do this once a week and I guarantee your life will change!

Until next time,
Mike