Make More Room

Some people find themselves in a position where there are great demands made of their time.

Working hours are not just 9 to 5 and work days cover 7 a week. So demanding is the life that room for relationships are minimum and what room their own is not able to do depth of any particular quality.

Church life doesn’t always help in this regard. Often those committed to supporting the church in its efforts find themselves consuming even more time with the activities, meetings and preparation involved. Subtle guilt trips are outlined for those who don’t volunteer for activities or departments. Yet committing to such requires costs elsewhere in the mad bid to keep on top of everything.

Wisdom, thankfully, only makes one request: make more room. That might come across as surprising having considered all the space already taken up. But wisdom requests that it alone should take up full residence in the mind. The request is not unreasonable, because once wisdom takes up complete residence she alone is able to change pressured, tiresome and weary life into one that sees peace in a storm, provision in a wasteland and gives good things when evil is thrust upon them.

Time spent with Jesus understanding the important place wisdom must take in life, leads to some what might be considered drastic actions. Yet over time, the freedom, fulfilment and fruitfulness experienced is stunning. It is something to be continually nurtured, so this is some that will continually look for us to make more room. That’s both on the individual level and in the corporate level.

When we as a community, learn to make more room for wisdom. Seek her out in the decisions we make and the direction we go. Seek her out and believe she can be expressed through any one of us. Seek her out and invite her to take her place and point us to the things we do to enjoy life rather than endure it.

The spirit of wisdom, can help make a contentious issue a set-up for greater understanding and harmony among us. The spirit of wisdom can build bridges to form relationships with others that enhances our influence and deepens our appreciation of life and love. The spirit of wisdom shows us how to make the most of our time – when to rest, when to exert, when to make noise and when to keep silent. That level of life management and execution is the difference between joyful and joyless living.

It’s worth making room for her.

For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden