It is said that we are most humble when in a state of despair.
Remember when you started. It may have been a few years or just a few
weeks ago. You had just left your job, come out of a painful
relationship, just received a miraculous healing from God or just
graduated from College.

You spent time in prayer, seeking God for a direction in your life.
You cried for a new partner, cried for a new job, cried for promotion,
cried for a change in your monotonous career. You went to all the
prayer meetings, called friends to pray with you, spent time reading
the word of God, never missed a session in Church, got involved in a
ministry or two, and even started a tradition of daily prayer before
sleeping, You trusted God and believed Him for all the good things in
your life.

In short you took God for His word and claimed His promises. Then it
happened.God granted you your request.You got the job, got an exciting
man, got the long overdue promotion. For sometime you went around
thanking God and promising how you were going to serve Him
faithfully.

That was then.

Today you have become too busy and too active. You cannot go to the
prayers because your boss would not like to see you arriving late.
You no longer have time for evening prayers -
you arrive home too tired to even spend time reading the
Bible. Prayer has become a drab ten-minute exercise done out
of routine rather than a geneuine desire to hear from God.

You can no longer identify with the jobless and the broken
hearted - it is long since you were last there. The slighest
sign, like the arrival of a long lost friend, is enough for
you to postpone your trip to the church. The announcement of
a good programme on TV or a company cocktail party is enough
to make you miss the evening service. And so the job you
prayed for has become your biggest stumbling block to knowing
God and serving Him.

The very blessing you cried for is the very thing that is now
dragging you to destruction. And all the time we rationalize and
reason with God: "You know how demanding this job is, God" You know
that I have no time to pray, just see how tired I am" And, Lord, with
all these company meetings how do you expect me to have time to go
for prayers?" And so God begins to weep and feel sorry that the very
thing He gave you to bring you closer to Him is slowly taking you
away. The prayer item you so earnestly sought is now killing your
spiritual walk.

And with tears in His eyes Jesus looks down and realizes that He has to
withdraw some of the blessings from you if your soul is to be saved.
And soon you begin to have problems with your boss; your colleagues are
attacking you at the office; your marriage is on the rocks; the
retrenchment or dismissal letter lands on your desk; you are struck with an ailment.

And all the time Jesus is crying and hoping He never had to allow these to
happen to you. But how else will He get your attention if you are too
busy following the blessings and not the blesser?

As you reflect on the turmoils in your life don't just be quick to single
out the devil for blame. Have you lost your Love for others? Do
you feel you no longer understand what it means to have no supper? Have
you become selective in the people you associate with, the church you go
to, the people you talk to?

Has your prayer and general christian life been taken over by too many
responsibilities-projects, reports, meetings, friends, visits, work? Are
you too busy for God? Are the things you have keeping you away from
Spending time with Him?

Do you find yourself having too many 'good' reasons why you can not do?
What God wants you to do? God may be telling you something.
He blessed you, but now the blessings are killing your soul.
Jesus is weeping over you just the way He wept over Jerusalem.
He gave you what you have so that you may know and experience
His love and that you may tell others of His goodness.
Instead they have become a stumbling block. [b][/b]

@poster Nice one.I for one I'm guilty of this and I pray God will give me and many out there the garce and strength to serve Him better without excuses even in the midst of our busy schedule. I am highly touched by this.

@Poster This is highly Inspiring, Thanx a million for dis. If yu read this pls keep this thread alive as long as possible so it sticks in people's heart. That we are nothing witout the help of God

thanks is really good but most times our worries and problems make us so sober .
and many successes make us carefree. but God is very understanding and we owe everything to him. lets always pray to God to give us the heart to know the difference and always show appreciation.