#341.1 – “Pay Attention”

“… there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.” - Hebrews 2:1
There was a day not long ago when I carried our boys to the elementary school and there picked up two friends, both of whom are in Ruthie’s class, to take them with the girls to the intermediate school. Ruthie was excited about having her friends in the van with her that day; in fact she was so excited that, when it was time for them to get out and go into the intermediate school, she was trying so hard to keep up with her two friends that she had an accident. She was trying to run and catch up with her friends… and close the van door all at the same time… and, not looking where she was going, she ended up running into the one of the awning poles and hurting herself on the head.
Ruthie had so many things going on in her mind that morning that she was not paying attention to what was right in front of her.
That is the case sometimes with me and my relationship with God. There are times when I get caught up in the work I am doing… or the tasks before me in a day… and I miss God being right there in front of me. I pass over Him instead of letting His blood and His grace pass over me. Then oftentimes something comes along and whacks me on the head spiritually and I wake up and realize I have missed Him.
Lord, help me to pay attention to You from the very beginning of my day to its end.

Daniel