Deeply Entangled

2Ti 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

Most everyone I know, even me, are deeply entangled. We are trapped. We are so busy, there is not time for rest, study, thinking, being. The world we live in today is pressing in from all sides like never before.

If we remember what it was like just a few years ago, we can remember hours allotted for the pursuit of God. We had time to read. We had time to be together. We drove out of our way to be somewhere to fellowship.

If a truely dedicated person gave up all life distractions to serve, learn, study, go into his closet to pray, we would view the guy with suspicion. He would be wierd. Maybe he would be a monk.

What is keeping us so busy today? Not what, but who. The god of this world is making life so convienent with technology, and filling our day with pressures from all sides, we can't think straight. Our thoughts are scattered and confused. We don't think complete thoughts any more.

We are under attack, and we don't have time to wonder. The levy has broken and we being flooded out of house and home.

But this is nothing new. Understand? Paul wrote 2 Timothy because 2000 years ago a young man was being inundated by the busyness of life. Timothy had the same problem. He didn't have the internet, either.

It's a warning, and admonition. Look up "admonition" in a dictionary. It's for Timothy, and for us. Take some time today, and let go of some of the busyness. Take a stand against the thief who comes in to take your day away from you.

Learn to rest. Make the Lord Jesus your sabbath.