"One of the greatest uses of Facebook and Twitter will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from a lack of time." -John Piper
The TV is talking
The telephone’s ringing
The lights are all on
And the radio’s screaming
A million distractions are stealing my heart from You
I’m tired and empty
This life is relentless
It weakens my knees
And breaks my defenses
It’s wearing me down and I’m desperate to hear from You
Stop the world I wanna get out
I need an escape away from this crowd
Just to hear You speak to me
I need to be still before I make a move
I need to be humble with nothing to prove
I need Your Word to show me the truth
And I need time, precious time
Stop the world I wanna get out
I need an escape away from this crowd
Just to hear You speak to me
Stop the world I’m ready to listen
Show me sign, give me a vision of heaven
I can hold on to
Stop the world I need some time with You
Before I can find my voice
I need to hear Your voice
Above all the senseless noise
We always make time for whats important... God has been showing me a lot lately.. 2 Peter 1:1-3 " To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence."
That blew me away that i have a faith of equal standing with Peters and all the other great people of the bible. God gave me the same righteousness they had. But so often i walk around thinking that i am less than, not important, that God couldn't love me as much as someone else. But He does, He gave me the same righteousness, love and grace He does to others. He gave me everything that i need, but the only way i can take full advantage of it is to know Him better. When i spend time and get to know Him more deeply i begin to have grace and peace multiplied to me. As the song says "the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace." He wants to give good gifts to me but often times i say, oh thats ok, i'll do it myself thanks. I am gladly His slave, i will do "things" for Him all the time. But somehow i skip over the part that says i'm His child, His daughter, His friend. That He wants me, my heart. I don't have to try and convince God to do things for me, He already has given them to me. All He wants me to do is love Him in return, to spend time with Him, to open myself to Him. That's the greatest commandment... "stop the world i need to spend some time with You..."
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