Multitasking Hearts
In every moment of every day, there are thousands of things vying for our attention. Friends, children, work, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, books, text messages, to-do lists, commercials... the list goes on and on. We try to portion out our time carefully, giving a little bit to each thing before moving on to the next. We are given 24 hours in a day and we fill them chalk full. I am convinced many of us would not sleep if it were not necessary to our survival.
And yet, we find hope: multitasking. It's ingenious. If you can drive and dictate your grocery list to Siri at the same time, why do them separately? What about watching TV while being on Facebook at the same time? We have become masters of the multitask, always looking for shortcuts and time-savers.
While multitasking may be helpful in the case of some things, in others it does not work. This is especially true of our faith. God does not hope for part, He asks for all. He doesn't say go, go, go. He says slow down. He says stop. He says breathe.
"He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" -Psalm 46:10
Jesus was different than many others around Him because He took the time to stop and notice needs. When He saw someone hurting, He didn't brush them aside for His next meeting with the disciples or to run down to the market place. Instead, He sat aside what He was doing and gave them His attention. Should we, as disciples, not try to do the same?
Let us not divide our hearts as we divide our time. Instead, let us give them entirely to God. Let us fall deeply and endlessly in love with Him, even as we begin to realize His infinite love for us.
Let us not multitask, for the task before us is too great and the reward too wonderful to waste time chasing other things.
And yet, we find hope: multitasking. It's ingenious. If you can drive and dictate your grocery list to Siri at the same time, why do them separately? What about watching TV while being on Facebook at the same time? We have become masters of the multitask, always looking for shortcuts and time-savers.
While multitasking may be helpful in the case of some things, in others it does not work. This is especially true of our faith. God does not hope for part, He asks for all. He doesn't say go, go, go. He says slow down. He says stop. He says breathe.
"He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" -Psalm 46:10
Jesus was different than many others around Him because He took the time to stop and notice needs. When He saw someone hurting, He didn't brush them aside for His next meeting with the disciples or to run down to the market place. Instead, He sat aside what He was doing and gave them His attention. Should we, as disciples, not try to do the same?
Let us not divide our hearts as we divide our time. Instead, let us give them entirely to God. Let us fall deeply and endlessly in love with Him, even as we begin to realize His infinite love for us.
Let us not multitask, for the task before us is too great and the reward too wonderful to waste time chasing other things.
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