Making Room

Shake up the ground of all my tradition

Break down the walls of all my religion

Your way is better

Your way is better

Shake up the ground of all my tradition

Break down the walls of all my religion

Your way is better

Your way is better

And I will make room for You

To do whatever You want to

                  In our home, the end of summer is usually marked by Indiana Yearly Meeting sessions. The busyness of the summer slowly returns, in time, back to a steady pace of life. As we are a few weeks now removed from Sessions I still find myself pointing to the magical time when everything slows down and waiting for it to arrive. The revelation moment I’m having is that it doesn’t just happen, but we must work to make it happen. I’m sure you can relate to this in some sense. Life is busy and we live from moment to moment or event to event. In that busyness, we can lose track of our time with God.

                 As we look at the life of Jesus in the Gospels, and later in the life of the disciples/early church, space must be intentionally made in our lives for time with God. Jesus is often seen going off from the disciples and crowds to spend time in prayer and solitude. Later in the life of the early church, we read as they make room together in worship and fellowship. Amid Jesus' ministry, the teaching, healing, and discipling, we see Him make space to spend with the Father.

                 If we allow our schedules to dictate our lives, they will. What we see in scripture is the practice of making room for God to speak and guide us. My hope for us as a church is that we do not allow our busyness to drive our devotional time with the Lord. Instead, we make room for Him each and every day. Below is a video of a song that speaks to what Instead lives when we begin to make room in our lives for God. My prayer for us is that we learn and know that His way is better.

- Pastor Josh