Proverbs 16:1
To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
The start of the new year has been jam packed with weekend meetings and exhausting two and a half week reservist. I've only clock 8 days at work before the month of January disappears. February will also be equally gone with a holiday made during the CNY holiday and a business trip immediately. If things go well, I have a second business trip and that will see off the month of February.
I now find myself in a position with so little time on weekends to still my heart and mind and also accomplish the increasing number of tasks being thrown to me. Quite an ironical position to be in because I thought I'll have so much free time on Saturdays that I would be be bored to tears.
The issues I now face is the lack of ability to think and work out the next step of what I am to do and how God would want of me. I now try to catch up on lost sleep due to the exhausting reservist days, have to plan for the CNY holiday, and muddled with all of it is the increasing desire to see through some personal plans of growing my personal finance and career. This now creates more things to ponder and pray about and making the spirit troubled. Gone was that ideal situation that I thought I would have time to hide in some mountain cave to work out God's plans for me and for me to peacefully walk in His direction.
Sigh! If only life was so much simpler. All we want is to have the clarity of what to do, when to do, how to do and it is as clear as the cable TV programme guide.
As I type this, I know that I need to apply what I've worked out in the begining of the year with my mentee and to also quickly evaluate what are the rocks, pebbles and sand of my life. Thereafter to work on the key tasks and only look at the tempting stuff when the important stuff are settled.
Rick Warren advises: "Look at the situation through eyes of faith and you’ll see the big God who goes before you." I know for a fact that it isn't as simple to practice what he says, but at least it is timely reminder to recognise that as many plans as we have, God has the answer we need to hear.
M.