This Moment

I was sitting in church today and a thought occurred to me. This thought might seem a tad obvious but it is something which is easy to overlook.

The essence of my musings was simply this: we shouldn't waste life constantly looking forward to the next thing/achievement and never enjoying what we have now. Our joy as Christians should not be based on our circumstances but on our relationship with God. In His presence "there is fullness of joy", regardless of whether we are unemployed, studying, in a top job, married, single... You get the gist.

If we choose to be personal with God and take time to savour the moment then there is joy and, no matter how bleak life can be, there is always joy if we are walking in Christ. 

Some of us have no reason to not savour the moment and this is where I'm talking to myself as I am guilty of always planning and looking forward to the next thing/milestone. If I were to do this all the time then my life would never have the abundance that God intended for it.

I thought that Matt 6 would be appropriate for this topic:
"do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about it's own things." - Jesus 

The other element to my musings, which I now realise I didn't tell you existed lol, was about being focused on self all the time. My Pastor spoke about this once and it really came alive for me today. 

If we focus upon ourselves then we usually see flaws/areas that need improvement which can lead to our mind being partially or totally consumed by these things. A prime example of this today was when I was ironing my tee this morning. I took a brief moment to look out of the window at the breeze blowing the trees and admire the fact that God created that wind that we can't see. I then noticed myself in the mirror and began thinking of how much work I need to put in at the gym...
-_- 

Soo easily distracted by self! It's just that though isn't it? We focus on ourselves, our feelings and our situations so much that we can miss the glory of God on display all around us. I was very content in that moment in front of the window, not so much when I stood in front of the mirror lol.

There is so much more than ourselves to which we can devote our attention. People in need, our walk with God, friends and family etc. The Western, self absorbed, attitude is not healthy and as a people I believe that we would be far more content if we were to simply take some of that emphasis off of ourselves a little more often. 

Just thought I'd share those thoughts anyway.

Grace and Peace