I must confess; I did not make it to prayer this morning. My alarm went off at 5:10 and I looked at it, and then I said “30 more minutes, I just need 30 more minutes of sleep. 30 more minutes to lay in my warm bed. 30 more minutes to have my eyes closed.” 30 more minutes sounded so good. And so instead of getting up to go to prayer, I ended up taking 60 more minutes to sleep before getting ready for work.
As I lay in bed, feeling guilty because I was not going to make it to prayer, I began thinking and wondering if God ever says that to us. “30 more minutes.” I wonder if while we are praying in the morning, or talking to him in the evening, if He ever tells us ‘just give me 30 more minutes. 30 more minutes of you devoting yourself to me. 30 more minutes of you talking to me. 30 more minutes of you spending time in my presence. 30 more minutes of you just sitting quietly before my throne. 30 more minutes of you just resting your head on my shoulder. 30 more minutes of you just listening to my still voice. 30 more minutes.”
Sometimes 30 minutes appears to be a lot. We are on deadlines, we have schedules. We have to be at work or at school at certain times. And so 30 more minutes we sometimes don’t feel like we can give that. And we tell God “I can’t give you 30 more minutes.”
This morning, I will be honest, that extra 60 minutes I spent sleeping, it felt so good. That extra 60 minutes I spent wrapped in blankets it was awesome. When my alarm went off after that time I was refreshed. I was ready for the rest of the day. 60 minutes made a huge difference. And I know that if we gave God that extra “30 minutes” we would feel the same. That extra “30 minutes” of worshipping Him. That extra “30 minutes” of praising Him. That extra “30 minutes “of just sitting silently before Him. We would leave feeling refreshed. We would leave feeling renewed. I know I was challenged this morning. I was challenged to give God “30 more minutes.” In the literal sense, I was challenged that some days I should get up a littler earlier and give more time to pray than I usually do. That some mornings I should give a literal “30 more minutes.” But “30 more minutes” can be figurative as well. I was challenged to give God more worship, more praise, more adoration. I was challenged to give Him more time where I just sit and listen, and don’t talk (and I sometimes find that hard when I am praying)
“30 more minutes” it seems like a lot, but makes a huge differnece. Let’s give God “30 more minutes”
February 8th, 2008 at 4:35 pm Wow this is very true lets just give God 30 more minutes. At times we can give other things up to an hour like the internet,sports,movies, or just sitting in front of the TV for hours but when in that schedule is God? Just 30 minutes to him thats all. If we can give other things up to 2 hours, than we can give God alot more!