Rescheduled Renewal

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                                                      Thursday, January 28, 2016                                                           

What does renewal mean to you?

By Megann Graf 

I think it’s kind of humorous that this renewal that we planned for, then got cancelled due to the snow last weekend, and is rescheduled for this Sunday.  Humorous, in that, God must have such a sense of humor to teach us lessons in EVERYTHING.  How many times do we reschedule God in our lives?  I do it all the time.  I have good intentions of reading the bible and praying in the morning, then the kids get up crankier than planned, need more attention, something in the kitchen is burning up, the dog got mud all over him, it never ends.  And so I reschedule my time to renew and refresh my spirit.  I wish I could tell you that I get the kids off to school and sit immediately down to do such said renewal of my spirit, but that doesn’t always go as plan either.  I’m rushing to get to work, I want to throw in a load of laundry, I need to take something out to thaw for dinner, I need to get notes to my team out or reply to a text.  And, there it goes again. 

Remember last week when I talked about renewal meaning rest to me.  I wish I could say that I took the snow as a quiet reminder to take in God’s beauty and sovereignty and magnificence.  I did, a little bit, but I didn’t stay there, not long enough.  I started to postpone God again.  But, at least now I’m seeing all of this.  I’m recognizing that renewal isn’t just one Sunday anyways.  It’s every day. 

So, how many times do you reschedule God?  How many times is he postponed in your life?  This week, we have a chance to make Him a priority.  We have an opportunity to walk up publicly, renew our baptism, renew our rest in God, and refresh ourselves in His Spirit.  I promise you, that this Sunday will not tide you over until next year.  I’m not even sure it will tide me over until Tuesday! I have to reschedule other things in my life to make time for God every day.  That’s when I’ll find this rest I know I so desperately need.  That’s when I realize that even though I postpone God far too often, He is ALWAYS there when I come to Him.  He is reaching for me far before I am reaching to Him.  I am not too far away from Him to receive His renewal and His grace and His love.  Neither are you!  So, take this rescheduled date as a sign from God, that even if you’re a week later than expected, not to worry, He’s been waiting.   He always is.