They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. Psalm 1:3
“We live in a day and age when we seem to get high on being busy… On the surface we seem to love the rush of having more things to do than time to do them in, but deep down we have a nagging sense that there must be more to our short time on earth than not having enough time to live the abundant life Jesus said He came to give us. Who has time for abundant living when we are clearly not even barely living?
But maybe it’s not the busy that’s making us crazy. And maybe some of us are so busy being busy that we’re missing out on God’s purpose and plan for our lives… Think long and hard about the impact busyness has on your everyday life – the choices you make, your interactions with the people closest to you, and your relationship with God… We only have one life and it’s too important to waste by being busy… Fruitful is way more effective than busy.”
Christine Caine in the foreword to Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy by Alli Worthington (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016) 13-14.
If you can relate to today’s post and desire to move beyond busy to abundant living and fruitful service, check out Good and Faithful: Ten Stewardship Lessons for Everyday Living. I am introducing this new resource to seminary professors and administrators at the “Economic Concerns Facing Future Ministers” forum in Pittsburgh today hosted by the Association of Theological Schools. I pray it is received warmly. But more than that, I pray every reader of these Daily Meditations focuses on abiding in Christ, so that on the vines of our lives, the Spirit of God produces many fruits through us, one of which is the fruit of “generosity” (Galatians 5:22-23).