This morning I was thing about my schedule, yet again. I can’t seem to get my mind off of the busyness that I am experiencing in my new pastoral role and the lack of productivity I feel because my every moment is spoken for. I’ve tried to reorganize, re-strategize and reallocate my time, but no solution is making a difference.

As I began to pray this morning, “Lord Please help…” before the words even were fully out of my lip, yet alone my heart, I seemed to hear the Spirit say ‘Involve me more.’ Then a tornado of thoughts consumed my mind. I started to think of David, Daniel, Paul, Moses Abraham, Joshua, Nehemiah and many other Old Testament saints that surely were facing greater tasks in a day than I will ever face. Coming up with program sheets, responding to emails, doing hospital calls, and creating staff meeting agendas, are child’s play compared to the daunting task of leading thousands of people in wilderness, destroying a city or re- building it… or other such missions.

The concluding thought was, ‘Involve HIM more.’ You see, the difference between them and me is that they actually did and had to rely on God to help them do the tasks at hand. Far too often I live out of my own efforts. Most of the things I have to get done in a day are things that could get done just based on my own intellect and talent. But it is only a matter of time until I am not able to run on sheer gifting and I start failing or at least doing sub-par on everything.

But imagine if I “Involved Him more.” First off my viewpoint on all that is filling my To-Do list would dramatically change. I would begin to see all my tasks and meetings through God’s perspective instead of my own. More meaning would be brought to some things, while other things would be diminished in their importance and urgency. Prayer would become more prevalent. Journaling would be part of my daily journey. Meditation would replace moments of mediocrity. And all things that once seemed pointless would now carry greater purpose.

All this if I will just “Involve Him more.” Much easier said than done, for sure. But with the faith of those who have gone before, I must live this way because my life does depend on it. How devastating would it be to get to the end of my life and say to God, “Look at all I did for you,” only to hear Him say in return, “I just wish you would have involved me more.”