The Lie of Too Busy

"How are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm just so busy."

So busy... the words fall flat. Am I too busy? Too busy to appreciate my little brother giving me a 'Happy Birthday' balloon? Too busy to tell him a story? Too busy to read my bible? Ouch. The real answer is no. I'm never truly too busy to obey God. It's a problem of the heart, not of the calendar. When I insist on my way, I ignore God's plan. Trying to muscle my way to what I want is rebellion against God's design. In order to get my priorities in line with what God values, my faith must increase.  
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
-Hebrews 11:1
My conviction of God's wisdom, power, and love must be greater than my self-confidence. That's a hard pill to swallow. On my own, I want to be independent and self-sufficient, but Christ requires nothing less than complete and total submission. By faith, I will lay aside the lie of 'too busy' and run the race with endurance in pursuit of the joy of serving Christ.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." - Hebrews 12:1-2