Take Time to Think

 We live in such a fast-paced society people are always in a rush. Rush to work, school, practice, and even church. A gentleman recently told me, "My family cannot be on time to anything." While we live life in the fast lane, we are also surrounded by noise. Music, notifications on our phones, streaming some movie or sitcom, or even children. We just ate at a restaurant where two young parents were powerless to stop the incessant crying of their infant. Eventually they left. I thought to myself, "Brenda and I have been there." The piercing screams of that little one could not be ignored. 

We often do not take time to think. To really thirst for knowledge and grow in mastery of any given subject. There is always more to learn. No surgeon is skilled in every form of surgery. The oncologist and neurologist have a different skill set than the orthopedic and or pediatrician. No teacher is equally skilled at teaching every subject. They specialize in one field. 

The subject I have given the bulk of my life to thinking about is God. Serious reflection on His character. Careful consideration of His ways. Mindful meditation on His teachings and instructions. How many in the church really give considerable thought to the topic of God or Jesus? I know many of us have heard the Bible stories over and over again. Have we reflected on God with intensely focused thought? 

The topic of God is inexhaustible. He is worthy of our highest contemplations. A worthy candidate for our loftiest thinking. He is up to our greatest quest and thirst for knowledge. 

Sometimes it appears the people of God are bored with Him. This is evidenced by the fact they check out mentally in worship. It is further proved by the lack of pressing in to know Him. You can even make a case for how few actually crack open their Bibles for serious study during the week. 

I encourage all of us to slow down and to think. Think about Him. Resume the quest to draw nearer to Him. Revive the passionate hunger to know Him. Stop the noise and think. Rediscover His greatness and then climb to new mountain tops of His grandeur. Refuse to settle for just learning about Him but never experiencing Him. 

C.S. Lewis was a thinker. He also worked as a professor, tutor, and author. He died in 1963 but his books still live on. He resisted the idea of God and Christianity. He vigorously opposed these ideas for decades. He thought endlessly, made his arguments, defended them every chance he got and wrote books. All the while he kept thinking. He kept reading. He kept learning. Guess what God did? He not only convinced him but saved Lewis. God also used him to speak and write truths that helped millions and still help people today. 

God is not afraid of serious thought, hard to answer questions nor atheistic theories. None of these are a challenge for Him. He does not prove His existence. He does not have to. He left us with a record of His revelation in the Bible. Many millions have been drawn to salvation just by giving serious thought to the topic of God and study of the Bible. God has used C.S. Lewis to make other people think about His existence. 

Many lukewarm apathetic church members have been spiritually set ablaze by serious thought and study of the scriptures. I know people are busy. Surely, we can carve out time to really think. To slow down long enough consider the greatest reality of all and the greatest truth of all. Take some time to think and discover who God really is and what He is capable of doing. He is worthy of our timeless thinking.