Finding the Balance

Is your life too busy? Does it seem you've got too much to do yet too little time to accomplish it? In your daily life, do you rely more on God's grace or on your own? If we are honest, we would probably agree that we tend to emphasize more on our own self than that of God's grace.

As individuals, we are loaded with so many things in mind: work, household chores, projects, sports, concerns and anxieties, etc. There's no room for rest nor space for family and personal time. We often put more trust in what we can do than in what God can do for us. In Christian life, we need to seek balance between God's work and our work. In our own limited resources, we cannot save ourselves. We need to rely our concerns to God, acknowledging the sufficiency of His grace. God longs for His people to seek His grace, not only when in crisis, but on a regular, daily basis. In doing so, we can avoid the tendency of regretting the choices we are making in our own efforts at the present.

Try then to evaluate yourself as to where you put more emphasis, is it in God's grace or your own deeds? As you approach situations in life, do you try to assess the quality of love you have shared to others compared to the amount of self-concern in your heart? When you give for the needy, do you stop and think of how much your heart is filled with joy, seeing their faces with so much happiness compared with how you consider others as a burden? When you spend your time infront of the television, your laptop, videogames and others, do you live out your life being fruitful? If you only have one more day to live, which road would you rather follow, your own or God's?