I'm currently teaching a course for Biola University's BOLD program (bachelor's of organizational leadership development degree) in Christian Theology at our church campus satellite classroom, and Klaus Issler's book called Wasting Time with God is required reading for the students. So I'm reading it also.
Of course, I've heard it all a thousand times before, and preached it on many occasions. But doing it is so hard.
Carving out time to do nothing but waste time with God is essential for my spiritual growth, and yet slowing down brings so much resistance from my own soul. When my outer life runs on overdrive, my inner life goes malnourished. But I keep running on fumes.
Today I put my brain in "park" for 15 minutes. I took a cat nap on my office couch. I took time to write this -- as an attempt to journal my thoughts before God. I want to keep the wheels greased on my soul. That's a decision to make over again each and every day.
