"Im so busy! Look at me with all my priorities and full schedule!! I am doing so much for the Lord because I am so BUSY!!!"
Webster's dictionary defines the word intentional as being done by intention or design. I have never thought of this word as something that should be implied to my daily life but recently it has me wondering, When should I be intentional?
The answer? always.
If you have ever met me, or heard about me, or briefly seen me run through a parking lot, you know I struggle with time-management. Like most college students I am always somewhere in between binge watching Netflix and writing 3 papers, studying for 2 tests, going to a service project and leading a bible study. My ability to procrastinate leaves me feeling rushed and occupied when deadlines approach.This false sense of "busyness" is no more than a repercussion of poor planning, which leads to stress and cutting corners. Don't get me wrong its so easy to be lazy an unintentional, to push responsibility to the back of my mind, we all do it, but we aren't called to be a generation of unintentional people. The Lord did not create us to be passive and complacent and we aren't furthering the kingdom when we over commit, fall back behind on responsibilities, and do whatever it takes to get that C. I excused myself for so long because I was a busy girl who had lots to do, do, do! its okay if things fall to the sidelines when you're running around being super girl. Wrong. Jesus is not interested in my effort to be super girl if I'm a really sucky one.
Its better to do little and do it whole heartedly, than to do 4 million things but with half the effort and attention they deserve.
Haggai 1:6 says, "Take a good, hard look at your life. Think it over. You have spent a lot of money,but you haven’t much to show for it. You keep filling your plates, but you never get filled up. You keep drinking and drinking and drinking, but you’re always thirsty. You put on layer after layer of clothes, but you can’t get warm."
Sure, I've conditioned myself to roll away the dirty looks when I come in late. But I don't ever want to become complacent with Christ. I want the rest of my days to point people to Jesus with my faithfulness, joy, and peace. I want everyone to know I do things intentionally.
