You
Don’t Have What It Takes:
You
Can’t Handle It All
Big Idea: God’s
plan is for us to surrender our busyness and burdens to Him.
Key Verse: Read Matthew 5:3 (The Message)
You're blessed when you're at the end of
your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.
The Scoop:
There are
four basic areas of our lives we neglect when we are too busy: Physical, Emotional, Relational, and
Spiritual. We are going to focus
on the spiritual. A lot of us believe in God, but we really don’t make time for
Him. The culture we live in lends
itself to busyness with two income families, kid’s sports, exercise, etc. In fact, some of us are so used to
being busy all the time that when we rest we feel guilty. We tell ourselves that we are not too
busy and we justify that busyness by believing we can handle it all. Our busyness is often at the expense of
our spiritual lives.
We say that
God is important in our lives, but our actions and schedules communicate
otherwise. Just like other
relationships can’t thrive if we don’t put time into them (like marriage and
parenting and friendships), we cannot expect our relationship with God to grow
if we don’t make it a priority.
1.
Where are you on the “busyness”
scale right now?
a.
Things are real slow right now
and I actually feel relaxed.
b.
I’m right at the perfect amount
of busyness for me.
c.
I’m feeling a little too busy
and overwhelmed, where I know I need to change something.
d.
I am really burned out right now
and desperately need something to change.
2.
What burdens are you carrying
right now that are heavy and exhausting?
What’s Next? (take
home/further processing/application)
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