How are you making space for God today? It is so easy to fill our days with important things and somehow leave out the most important. Making sure we make time to spend with God should take the highest priority but unfortunately, the sacred often gets pushed back by the mundane. It is not so much a lack of priorities but rather a lack of perspective.
We become overwhelmed with the sheer volume of the mundane and step into the circular race that ends where it starts. We give in to the pressure to perform and we know that God will understand if we wait until later to spend time with him. So we justify in our minds the idolatry of productivity. Before we know it, we have gone days or weeks without spending quality time with the creator.
But there is a very interesting truth that we often overlook. The truth is this – we cannot be the best version of ourselves (that means even in the area of productivity) when our focus is on anything other than the Father.
But this focus takes intentionality on our part. Focus does not just happen. We must work at it – – constantly. We must create space in our schedules and in our lives to allow God to work. God provides the progression toward being more like Jesus but we must do our part.
I am excited that this Sunday we will begin a new series – Practice Makes Perfect. If you are in the Corpus Christi area, I encourage you to make this series a part of your August plan. We will be working through some habits that can make a real difference in your walk.
Create space today!
Clay in the Hands 
Nice word of encouragement Brian. Being at the point of life where kids in college, high school, very demanding jobs, and parents that are ill or passed and working their life’s treasures can be very distracting. Even the time we set aside for God can be filled with distractions. As the song says “Just breathe. And be.” Thank you Brian. Needed this word today and and Blessed by your post.