Choosing Convenience with God
At my church, we’re currently in a teaching series on choices. This past Sunday, as my pastor was preaching and I was processing the message, I turned to my husband and said out loud, “When it comes to God, we choose convenience.”
Being the supportive husband he is, he encouraged me to write it down, adding that it was a powerful summary. And in that moment, I thought, “This would make a great topic for the blog this week.” So here we are.
Let me ask you: Why do we so often choose convenience when it comes to the things of God?
Scripture clearly tells us to “seek first the Kingdom of God”(Matthew 6:33), yet so many times, we put everything else first. We pour our energy into dreams, desires, and goals, and then come to God only when we are drained and exhausted. I’ll be the first to admit that I am guilty of this too.
But here’s the truth: if God is not our first, everything else is out of order.
A Call to Wisdom
Recently, the Holy Spirit challenged me to study wisdom. At first, I thought it was interesting and honestly, I was curious. As always, I prayed for fresh understanding and asked God to strip away any sense of familiarity, because familiarity can cloud judgment.
As I studied, one truth leapt off the page:
Wisdom is knowing what to do and actually doing it.
If you know what is right but choose not to do it, Scripture says you are a fool.
Ouch. That one hit me hard.
I found myself praying for mercy, asking God to redirect my steps back to His will. I realized I can only succeed if God is at the center of everything I do. After all, He is the one who gave me these desires in the first place, so why do I sometimes act like I can fulfill them without Him?
No More Convenience
Beloved, our relationship with God cannot be built on convenience. There’s too much at stake. He deserves our full surrender, our full attention, and our full hearts.
The way we are called to live is already written clearly in His Word. It’s time we stop settling for convenience and start living in obedience.
Let’s get our act together. Let’s seek Him first. Let’s do right by His Word.
Shalom 🙏🏼
Iamsosasmama ❤️
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