Life is Inconvenient

con·ven·ience /kənˈvinyəns/ Show Spelled[kuhn-veen-yuhns] -adjective : easy to obtain, use, or reach.

This week was frustrating. As with many weeks, the escape of time leaves me frantic. Trying to accomplish homework, spend time with people, and finish whatever other odds and ends might remain. In the busy-ness, I always run through events with the same mindset: "Me, Me, Me." Nothing else really matters right? Even in my Christian life it is important to see what I can get out of scripture. How I can advance God's kingdom? What does God want me to do with my life?

Colossians 3:1-4 is explicit. " ¹Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. ³For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. "

My life is not my own, but do I truly choose to live and express my life in that fashion? I'm wrapped up in my own selfishness. When things come up and plans change, I mood about them instead of trusting God that things happen for specific reasons. I want my schedule to be scaled down to the minute, but in doing so, I really don't allow margins for spontaneity of the Spirit. I need to rejoice in every aspect, ESPECIALLY when life is inconvenient.

Habakkuk 3:17-19 says:
¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,

¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.

¹⁹ The Sovereign LORD is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.

God has ordained every part of my life. His hand rests upon my existence. So in every hardship, in every ease, in every joy, and in every sorrow

I WILL REJOICE

Today I will rest under the banner of God's love for me. I will focus on Him and no longer on myself. And life, will no longer be so inconvenient.