What are you choosing?

I was recently encouraged and challenged by a friend’s facebook status.

She wrote: “I sure loved watching the sun rise and sitting with the One who created it, but now my eyes are a burnin'!!!”

I smiled as I read her comment but then I began to really consider what she was saying, what she was doing. She was making a choice. A choice that was sacrificial.

She is a mom of little ones and as a mom of little ones myself, one being an infant, I know how precious sleep can be. But I had to ask myself if it was more precious, more important than spending time with the Lord first thing in the morning. I knew the answer in my heart. The answer is no!

And so I was challenged.

Challenged to examine my heart.

Challenged to examine my choices.

What are you choosing? Are you choosing to make Christ your first priority, no matter what you have to sacrifice, even something as simple as a few extra minutes of sleep and you’re left with your ‘eyes burnin’ for a little bit? Or are you choosing to surrender to the desires of the flesh and the pressures of life?

Personal time with our Lord is precious, the most important thing we can choose to do!

My challenge to you is to make the choice to spend time with the Lord in the word and in prayer over a few extra minutes of sleep, a busy schedule or any other number of things that can fight for your time.

It will be the best choice you make every morning.

What do you do to make sure you spend personal time with the Lord every day?