Last Saturday morning I woke up at 5:30 in the morning and made a long “To Do List.” I had afternoon plans and my goal was to finish everything before time to go. I was so proud of myself as I rushed around checking off things on the list. A few hours later, I sat down to read that day’s devotional in “The Upper Room.” The thought for the day said, “The most important task God has for us today may not be on our to-do list.” Wow. Then, I looked up the suggested Bible passage, Luke 10:25-37. In my bible beside the passage, I had previously written some notes (I think they were from one of Jay’s sermons). The notes I had written said, “A day’s most important meetings may not be the ones we’ve put on our calendar.” God got my attention that morning!
I’m a list maker, and couldn’t survive without my calendar or “To Do” list, but I have to be careful not to get tunnel vision; not to get so hung up on THE list that I miss out on what’s happening around me, that I miss out on opportunities to spread God’s message, to be neighborly, to be more like Jesus (Maybe I should add those to my “To Do” list J) What about you? Do you have room on your calendar for what God is calling you to do today?
