Mat 26:40 Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Couldn't you stay awake and watch with me even one hour?"
One hour….
Last time I checked there are still 7 days a week with 24 hours in each day. A grand total of 168 hours each week. Take away 5 days with 11 hours each day for work (and that includes driving time) ) …that leaves me 113 hours. Sleep is the next big time robber…7 days with 7 hours of slumber and that leaves me 64 hours.
Let’s see…168-55-49=64 hours….really? Now I know all of the mathematicians out there will be able to break it down to the hour, minute and second that is left over each day for me….(like 3.20 hours M-F and so many left on the weekend)…but the reality is that I have 64 hours left a week after the essentials.
I could break it down more after doing all that I do in a day besides go to work…preparing meals, eating the meals, laundry, cleaning, bathing, exercise (hummmm did I say exercise??)visiting with family and friends, church, and the early mornings with my puppies etc etc…
The point is: I think I am too busy to spend a minimum of one hour a day with the Lord? 7 hours a week??
How do I spend my time?
It’s like money…I have it but at the end of the month I wonder “Where do it all go?” If I were disciplined enough to write down every penny I spent and how I spent it, I would realize where it all goes…and would be shocked how much is wasted.
How much time do I waste in my day? Denny and I quit watching TV several months ago and we have been reading more and spending more time in the Word, but what about that time of earnest fervent prayer?
I said that God has reached down and thumped me on the head…in the last few days every book I have picked up…every radio preacher I have listened to at different times of the day on different radio stations have been talking about prayer…I think I better sit up and take notice.
I am so thankful He pursues me the way He does. I know He wants the same from me for Him.
1Jn 5:14 & 15. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
One hour
To be continued……
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