And I want to be where You are.

I worked another Disciple Now this weekend. It was a last minute decision and an answer to prayer for the organizers. There were not enough leaders and it started snowing and everything that could possibly hinder the plans for the weekend were in motion.

But God is bigger than all our problems. If He has a plan, it will come together in the end.

My senior year of high school our basketball team was playing in the second round game of a tournament. We were up a little less than ten points with a few minutes to go. I was a good shooter, so when I got the ball at the top of the key, wide open, my natural instinct was to shoot it.

My coach, however loving he may be, did not think that was a smart decision.

Instead of letting me put my idiotic thoughts into motion, he called a time out as I was bringing the ball up to my shoulder to shoot. A good shooter shoots with smooth motion, bringing the ball from the shot pocket to the release point in fluidity. When Coach yelled time-out (or as the rest of team lovingly reenacted after the game, screamed bloody murder) in the middle of my attempt to launch a three-pointer, I was so startled I about fell on-top of myself. Our fan section got quite a laugh out of it.

After the game, he pulled me aside to explain why exactly he called the time-out. The time and score just did not require me to bomb a three-pointer from the top of the key. No matter my confidence in the shot, it was not going to earn our team an extra win. A win is a win whether it is by eight points or eleven. My selfish natural instincts were totally unnecessary in the situation.

The point is this, I think sometimes God yells time-out at us. He says, "You do not need to do that. You might make it, but if you do not, it will hurt your cause." We get so caught up sometimes in where we are going and what we are doing, we forget about why we are doing it. We think something will get us one step closer when in reality it is so unnecessary and can damage what it is we are trying to do.

I like to throw myself into a million projects and ideas and am so passionate and full of love for a billion things but God reigns me back in. He calls time-out on my busy life and asks me to give a weekend solely in service to Him.

Gosh, when we take that time-out and let Him explain to us afterwards the reasoning, it is so good. So is He calling you out? Are you tripping over yourself in eagerness for a goal that does not further the kingdom, only yourself? Let Him call time-out for you. Reevaluate the situation and re-prioritize where you are going. This life ain't about us, folks.