Good Things versus God Things

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

God's plan for our lives calls for total surrender to Him.  The enemy has a different plan.  The enemy uses all the facets of our lives on earth as areas of distraction from our full surrender to Our Lord.

Our work is the biggest distraction for most of us.  Recreation, hobbies and even family activities can be other big areas of distraction for us.  All of these activities can be good and extremely productive.  That is why Satan is so successful in distracting us from God.  Satan entices us to replace God with good things.

Ironically, all of these good things that distract us from God are also the culprits in generating much of the stress and struggles that we face in life.  In an effort to do all these good things, we create time, financial and relationship pressures that burden us. 

Oneness with Jesus Christ is the only way for us to successfully balance all that we deal with in life.  Jesus is the fulcrum.  He balances our load by providing the right foundation for all that we do.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for being our refuge.  We bless the name of Jesus for being our port in the storm, our deliverer from our sins, our shield against the enemy and our comforter for all of our cares, fears and sorrows.  We pray, Lord, that You will draw us into full surrender to Your Son, not only in the words of our lips, but in the actions that come from our hearts.  We seek to find the rest for our souls that is only available through Our Savior.