Be wise, Prioritize! ;)

I like to procrastinate. Add on top of that I have recently fallen in love and entered exam year, things have slightly lost focus when it comes to God.

I notice that when I don't give God the time I need to in the day, and lose focus of the fact that he is the center, I begin to pretty quickly get very anxious and panicky. I'm a pretty bad worrier as it is, but when I focus on God I get that peace that comes from knowing Jesus is Lord, and everything is in his hands, so it will work out for the good whatever that is.

'Do not be anxious about anyhing, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus' Phillipians 4:6-7

But sometimes I feel I don't have enough time for God because there is simply so much to worry about! I worry about everything from how things are going to work out with my boyfriend, to how on EARTH I am going to pass Biology, to how I'm going to get down at christmas. I worry about alot of things that are out of my control. I try and fix and figure out things in my head that I really can't foresee atm, so in the end I'm really exhausted, stressed out and unhappy. By trying to figure things out and make things work for myself, I have taken things out of Gods hands.

'Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life'

And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.'

Someone showed it to me like this, he had a jar full of sand, which represented all the things in our lives, and an orange, which represented Jesus. He tried to put the Orange in the top of the jar, but it just would not fit in, there was too much sand. So he emptied the jar and put the orange in first, poured the sand on top, and every single grain fitted in!

In this passage Jesus isn't saying there wont be things to worry about, there always will be! But God knows exactly what we need, and when we commit our way to him, he will give us our desires, and we're in his hands, hes going to take care of all our needs! So the next time you are worried about something, try giving it to him, and leave it there!