#1 To Do – Slow Down

Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

My “to-do list” is daunting, mine is no different from yours I am sure. I have been desperately trying to find a book I read about 6-8 years ago titled “Out of Control.” It was how God did not design us for this 4G lifestyle that we lead. The almost funny thing is, the book was written before we all had smart-phones on our side and all the new wave of anxieties that they bring. As much as I love technology, part of me wants to unplug, and return to a simpler time. Social media has been reflecting on how it used to be for us North Mecklenburg natives that have seen the changes in our lifetimes from rural to suburbia. That has me wanting to go back more than ever to a simpler life.

I have been pulled away from God in the past couple of months. The pressures of the world have gotten the best of me, and I have not felt the closeness to God that I so desire. The stress of life have demanded my attention, and have physically wore me out to the point of sickness. My body is showing me I need to slow down. I can almost guarantee you that you know exactly what I am talking about in your life too; we are not designed for these lifestyles we lead. My encouragement to you is to slow down and pursue God in prayer and his Word. That is where the solutions to life’s troubles are found; in God’s Word. Seek Him with a pure heart and motive, and he will open your mind through your heart as the Holy Spirit reveals truth to you in his Word. Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.