The Main Thing

What is most important to you? What is it that makes you happy? What fills most of your waking thoughts? What do you think about when you go to bed at night? These are some questions I've been asking myself lately. I have a lot of interests and hobbies, and I have friends and family members that I love. Often enough, I go to bed thinking about everything that must be done tomorrow, or about that new book I've been wanting to read. Sometimes, I think about what I'll be doing on the weekend with friends. But how often, I ask, do my thoughts turn toward the Saviour of my soul? How often do I think about Jesus and his love as I drift of to sleep? As a Christian, He is the one who should fill my every waking thought. I should find peace and rest in His presence. Jesus Christ and Him glorified is what should be most important to me. But all too often, the desires of this world and the thoughts of the sinful nature make up the majority of what I care about. The real reason why I hardly ever find my perfect peace in His presence is because I do not enter into His presence. When I come before my Lord, and lay my burdens at His feet, He gives me the peace I need to get through the day. When I am willing to put aside all that so easily besets me, and simply be still and know that He is God, all the disorder and chaos of my life comes to an end. All my confusion and fears and worries and anxiety is handed over to Him, and in return, by his marvelous grace, I am given strength and determination to carry on. Oh Lord, grant that I may remember always to come before you. Give me the grace to lay all of myself, my dreams and hopes, plans and failures, at your feet, and be renewed by the transforming of my mind. Do not leave me where I am, but change me, God of my Salvation!