I have recently been working on an online calendar for Krys and I. As school is starting back and the kids are taking classes here for this and there for that we needed a way that we could keep up with everything. Krys is the most organized person I know, for the first couple of weeks that we were married I had to where a name tag that said “husband” (you guys think I am kidding, the dog was the one though that didnt like being labeled;o).) She is able to keep all of her activities as well as the kids in her scheduler and just does an awesome job and getting everyone everywhere that they need to be.  The issue that has started to rise is that since I have ministry obligations and Krys does as well we  were beginning to have overlaps, and as the man that I am sometimes I say sure to commitments before I check out schedules to see if it can be done.  So all of that to say that I have created an online calendar that does everything that we need and emails us an agenda for the day as so forth.  The only issue with it is that it requires Krys and I to actually put the data into the calendar.  So we have to manually sit down and put all of our commitments into this interface; so that means that single point of failure is US.  We have to take the time to put it into use so that the tool can be succesful.  Well this morning this struck me on two points as so true for our Christian walk as well.

1)  If you had an appointment with you boss would you miss it?  If you have a court date would you skip it?  If you had a relative have life or death surgery would you not go?  If you answered “no” to these questions then let me ask you another one that I bet you might answer the same way.  Do you put the same amount of dedication and energy into your devotion everyday?   When you make an appointment with a friend and you dont keep it what does it say to that friend about their value?  The same is true with our walk and with God, if we do not take the time to sit and talk with Him and to read His word how much value does that show in our life.  Is he to believe us when we call Him LORD?

2)  If the Bible is going to make an impact in our lives and is going to be a “tool” that we can use to change us then we have to use it.  We have to take the time to read and devour it.  We have to take the time to learn what it says and to learn to apply it’s principles to our daily steps and thoughts.  If you have never laid tile before and you come up to a problem wouldn’t it be nice to know how to handle it?  Well when we are walking through our days and we come face to face with so many situations it is awesome to have an ability to go the “handbook” that God gave us and learn how to react, what to say, where to go, etc.

In both of the scenarios however WE are the single point of failure.  We have to be the one that is disciplined enough to step up and have our devotion everyday and invest time into God’s Word.  Are you scheduling time with your Father to learn His ways versus your ways?

God Bless ~ Tyler