Sometimes the only way we can get a clear view of reality is when we step back from our daily lives and the patterns of evil and sin around us.
I think I have said this before, but I am so regimented in what I do, that I often don't like to sit back and think. I like to have a routine, I like to be disciplined, and I like to be efficient in what I do. So this is definitely in area where I lack. It's silly that I do it.
I try to do things on a daily basis that make me like a well-oiled machine. Which I have to remember I am not. I am a person who is just as not perfect as everyone else.
Maybe you're this was too, maybe you're not. But that doesn't matter.
What matters is that we take a step back. It's something that we have to do consistently.
Retreats, conferences, and days of prayer and fasting can help us extricate ourselves from jobs, the media, and distractions and bring us to new spiritual heights.
Why should we rely on those things though? I believe that we should put more of an effort to step back on a daily basis. No matter how much it might throw your routine off. A quick 10 minute step back from reality could be enough to fuel you with an entirely new perspective for your day.
Take time to view the reality of your life and evaluate its direction and activities. Do these glorify God and renew you to serve others?
My challenge for you it to make today - 'step back Saturday.'
Take some time to step back and evaluate things in your life. Hop of the treadmill of life and really take a look around. My prayer is that this starts to become a daily habit and that God will use this time to challenge you to new things and change your life.
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