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Recently, my day took an unexpected turn right at the start. I hadn’t connected with the Lord yet, but I figured I could attend to these other matters and connect with Him once I was through. After all, it was just a few quick errands: drop off something here, pick up something there, you know the drill. What’s the big deal, right?
So I did my running around and finally settled back into my office chair a couple of hours later. That’s when the question came.
“Where were you a couple of hours ago?”
Oh boy…
The Lord doesn’t ask us questions because He doesn’t know the answer. He asks to see if we will humble ourselves and admit the truth. I knew exactly where I was. I was running around thinking I could handle these few things on my own without any help from Him.
It was then that this statement hit me with resounding clarity.
“The ultimate foolishness in life is thinking we can live for even a moment without the Lord.”
The Master stated that the key to a successful Christian life was daily abiding in Him (John 15:5). And while we may mentally assent to this, we often find ourselves running back to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and deciding for ourselves what is right or wrong, good or bad, what we can or can’t handle, etc. It is that human tendency within us to live independent of God that can only be relegated to death by daily submitting to the King. Brining ourselves under the rule of the King opens the door for the Ultimate Life to be lived in and through ours.
Needless to say, I had some repenting to do. I didn’t only repent for this time. I also repented for all the times I had forged ahead into “whatever” without giving the Lord a second thought. Through it all I was once again brought back to the reality that true life can only be experienced by living in the Reign.
M
Living in the Reign 
Interesting, I was dealing with this very issue this morning. Very timely. Even when you know better, it’s still often a struggle.
Shoot. This is good stuff right here. Thanks for sharing. Your blogs are always so so good! I think that I had this realization (via the words of a friend) this past week also. We can fall into sin so easily, even in the first moments of our day. I want to give Him my first fruits, in regards to time and other things. I want to flee foolishness and go for holiness in all that I do. Abiding in Him and guarding my heart. It totally is fighting the flesh, and not easy, but so worth it.
Thanks Baby Girl! Keep pressing forward in the battle. Your are so right when you say it is worth it!
Dad