Idleness

Dearest brothers and sisters,

Yesterday I was disciplined and convicted by the Holy Spirit, and I thank God for that. Days after writing an article on “Be still and know that I am God” I found myself going to the extreme and becoming idle. I spent the whole of Saturday at home resting and recovering from the flu but rather than actually resting, I found myself sitting in front of the TV for the majority of the day.

Well what’s so wrong with that? Everything! I mean I was focused on a television screen for up to 10 hours watching and taking in all that was presented to me, and worst of all I prioritized that before spending time with Him. Now I don’t want to get into the argument of whether watching television is wrong or not, as that is not what this post is about but rather the fact that I wasted the whole day.

Now it seems as though I have changed my tune (I always sing out of key anyway) since my last post but the point that I am trying to convey is that God has appointed a time for us to take time out and be still before Him but not to waste time by being idle and ignoring Him. So at night as I was preparing to sleep, I felt a deep conviction come upon me, not a feeling of condemnation or the wrath of an angry God but rather a cry from the heart of God and a gentle plead for me to take heed lest I fall (1 cor 10:12).

It’s difficult to explain but I can only describe it as a Father gently correcting his child and placing him back in the narrow path.

In Him always,

Sunny

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