If I want
something to grow healthy, strong, and fruitful, I have to intentionally devote
time and energy into helping that growth develop. I will attend, care, and love the object of
my intention, be it a person, an idea, or a talent. Time and energy are finite things so I do
need to be intentional about how I use them.
It is easy to have both of them depleted by insignificant and
unimportant demands that the world puts on us.
Busyness is often a waste of both time and energy; it consumes them and
yields nothing in return.
“Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). That tells me there is something already established;
something that I will be a part of. To
see how things are in that place, I need to look to someone who came from
there; I need to look at how Jesus lived while he was on earth.
One thing I see is
that he was intentional about the time and energy he spent, both with God, his
Father, and with the people he interacted with.
He wasn’t rushing around being busy.
He took his time with individuals, focusing his energy and attention on
them while he was in their presence. He
knew them, each one of them, just as a good shepherd knows each one of his
sheep. He paid attention to them, knew
their strengths and weaknesses, knew their thoughts and their concerns; he was
present to the moment and persistent in his attention. He was faithful to what had been given to him
by God. That is the example I am to follow.
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