"Caught in the Middle"

"I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations." (Psalms 102:24)
Yes, it's abundantly true, we will fail desirably every time we try to do anything spiritual or holy in our own strength. But seriously, the Lord is not only willing to help us do the things that we must do, He is so very pleased when we ask Him to help us, even in the littlest things, like prayer and reading our Bibles. We might not realize all the times we miss out on fellowship with the Lord, not if we are not keeping track; but try keeping track one of these days. Just use a little calendar next to your bed, or even on your desk in your office; mark in each day a little check mark, black or blue for the days when you prayed and read your Bible, and a red check mark for the days that you missed. You will either stop doing the calendar thing all together, or you will get it together. The more we spend time in prayer, the more we begin to start praying for the people we love. The more we spend time in God's word, the more the Word governs our lives and guides our path. It is just the way that it works. Our speaker on Saturday night gave us a list of ten things that we needed to do in order to get real in this thing called Christianity. If we really want to make something really happen, then we need to do something to make it happen. Moses needed to go see what that Burning Bush was all about, so he climbed up the mountain to see what it was. It really does take some effort on our part to make it happen. God will call out, but we need to go towards Him, we need to answer the call, and we need to obey what He tells us to do. Sounds simple enough, right? It is very simple, but it's hard. It is hard because we lack the faith sometimes to listen. We might hear what God says, but our hearts will soon play on the words that were spoken; and before we know it, the meaning is not what it meant the time it was spoken. That is what James was getting across in James 1:22-25, because we must act upon what God says, not putting it off, but doing it straight away. Because if we don't, then it becomes less and less important. About that list of ten things, it is really not all that important what that list is, but that it's a list of ten things. If you need a list, then make a list; make a list that you know you can follow, and then follow it. After you get that list down, make a new list, but harder to follow. We can plan our vacations and our big purchases in life, we should really consider planning our walk a little better than we do...
"Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cries for help! For I am your guest -a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me. Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more." (Psalms 39:12-13) NLT