Balance

This is one of those blogs that probably needs more time in the oven. Balance is a word from the Lord that may turn out to be a key word for the New Year. Immediately upon hearing this word I went to the Bible concordance and was, at first, disappointed that I could not immediately locate a single verse that would explain this Biblical principle.

During the day I sort of stewed upon this word. During the Morning Prayer Time today I began to see quite a large number of incidents in the Bible that pointed to the fact that God wants His Children to live a "Balanced Life". It occurred to me that God is a God of Order and Balance. This is evident throughout the Bible even though I could not find one simple verse that totally embodied that principle.

As I said this is a blog that needs more time in the spiritual oven. I did feel I was supposed to bring it out for others to get a glimpse and begin to think, mediate or pray about "Spiritual Balance" in their lives. One reason this is important to me is that the past few weeks have been a balancing act between the global aspect of the Japan Prayer Network and local and personal ministry. As some of you may have noticed, local ministry has taken precedent over the JPN web site. Regular "Prayer Maintenance" has taken place daily, but writing and updating the site has been lacking along with getting out the last JPN Monthly Update.

One thought that came to me today was that God's view of "balance" is not what we sometimes think of as we "juggle" duties and responsibilities. Balance is not just a matter of activities. It is a state of spiritual, emotional and physical being. Some keep their check books "balanced" and eat a "balanced" diet, but in other aspects their lives are not "balanced" spiritually. Some of us are prone to extremes in many areas of life. I wanted to use the scripture of "moderation" but upon examining it more closely it did not convey the meaning I wanted.

I am afraid that the subject is going to be left as it if for the time being. Please ask God what He wants of you in respect to balance. It is going back into the oven for a little longer. I hope to be able, Lord willing, to present a more complete product in the near future. It might be titled, "Balance Continued". Please pray for me that it does not get left and forgotten in the back of my spiritual oven along with several other subjects the Holy Spirit has brought to me over the past several weeks. I have a feeling that when our lives are "balanced" as God intends that we will be both pleasing to Him along with being spiritually fruitful.

May God bless you and balance your life!

Dan Corbett
"Reaching One Among Millions"