Taking Back the Day
Blessed beyond measure or pressed by the pressure
Some days we’re not sure which category we are in.
We want to please others yet have a conflict within.
Gifted and talented and chosen by the Lord
And having more fun than our life should afford.
I know that I’m doing too much of some things
“And not enough of others” my inner voice sings
If you are not doing something, the devil won’t care
Just sit in your corner and be satisfied there
While souls are missed from the great gathering in
That Jesus has promised will soon begin
I’m applauded and thanked and given high praise
For all I do and the nineteen hour days
Those that I pray with and give wise counsel too
Also are grateful for what I do
And Jesus is watching and wondering why
I have no time for him when I’m such a superman guy
He’s called me to read the book that He’s given,
The one that explains how I ought to be living
“I used to” doesn’t cut it when answering His prod
For I am His servant, not my own god
Without the refills that come from His Spirit
My glass will be drained and nothing left in it
If I knew this was my last day on earth
It might okay to expend for all I’m worth
If I want to be real and honor His name
I need to start living like I’m why He came
So here is bottom line on this list
Living just for me means heaven will probably be missed
As I write this I wonder where the time in my day has gone. I marvel at the number of things I had put on my plate that did not get finished. I am aware that my wife suffers from a lack of my time while others benefit because I give it to them. I wonder if that qualifies as adultery. Jesus desires we worship Him and Him alone. He calls it spiritual adultery when our desire, our love, our worship is shared with any other. Not just any worship or love but the Spiritual desire, Spiritual Love which is only satisfied in Him, must be His.
The time I promised my wife on our wedding day is hers. I dare not share it with another. I did not promise her she would have to go through all that she has in her life but I did promise her I would be there going through it with her. I did not mean to drift from being the provider of her intimate nurturing and spiritual companion but I have. And for what? What benefit is it that I derive from being told by others that I’m a swell guy? I need Jesus, I need my wife and I need everything else to get a life. It’s own life, because mine is getting back on track. I’m taking back the day.
SMHG John
Yes, that is wise to turn and take back what is yours. However, what if the “Rubicon” needs crossed to give back what was never mine?
Then you shall be who you never could have been had you not returned to the author of your soul. When you return past the point of no return, then you will never again be short changed by what you never should have been.