When we volunteer to serve or help out, we sometimes think "if I have time", or "if I can squeeze it in." I get it. I have thought that way before as well. But the reality is sometimes we get into a pattern or habit that we give God our leftovers. We give him what's left of a tired, full, busy life.
When I read the Bible, one of the things I see over and over again is that God asked people to give Him their all and make Him their first priority. That means we need to not give God what is left, but to arrange our life around serving Him first. That means we may need to say no to other things. We may need to not have our kids in every activity possible, we may need to spend less time in on our entertainment, we may need to drop some other activities even if they are good.
God wants us to be taking His message and light into the world around us "as we go" about our life and are involved in other things. But we do need to keep in check our motive. Are we doing things and planning our lives around God, serving Him, and being focused on His mission? Or are we only planning things around what I want to do?
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