Finding an Elevator

Sometimes I wonder why it takes so long to do the things that I know are most important. I'm not sure what it is about my nature that makes me so inclined to spend my time on things of such little, inconsequential value, when there are huge, important things just waiting to be explored.

I'm thinking specifically about our Creator today. I confess that it's been a dry season lately studying God's Word. My heart's craving has shrunken and I've failed to try much to revive it. However, I decide to listen to a sermon on marriage today from one of my favorite pastors while I was washing the dishes, and I promise it took all of about 30 seconds to realize what I'd been missing. It was like I had taken an elevator right on up to the thoughts of God, which His Word says are higher than my thoughts. It was so refreshing and encouraging to hear the Word taught with clarity and depth, and I was reminded again of the goodness and glory of the God I so desperately want to follow and yet struggle so mightily to connect to on a regular basis.

I'm sure much of this is related to my inability to take my mind off the here and now. But today, I was reminded that there are elevators that can lift us out of this fog and into His thoughts and ways. It was good today. May it be more of a habit of mine and yours to find the elevator more often.