Complacency

I have been trying to get up an extra half-hour earlier to spend time with the Lord. I'm really trying to discipline myself. Sometimes, its funny how when we do something for so long, we just go through the motions. We become lazy and it has no meaning. I kinda feel like that lately. I just am going through the motions. Maybe because I've been busy but the thing is BUSY is Being Under Satan's Yoke. God never intended us to "busy". At least too busy where we do not spend time with Him. The thing is, we don't understand that we don't have time NOT to spend time with Him. Its so critical in our life to spend time with Him, to know Him, to seek Him. Especially this day in age, there is so much crap going on its ridiculous. Thank God, God is gracious and merciful and most of all patient. I guess what I'm getting at is, we can't afford to be lazy and complacent. I'm not going to lie, I'm guilty of it. I was reading in John 15 this morning. Lately, I have been going through Proverbs but this morning I felt the Lord leading me to John 15. Jesus talks about how He is the vine and we are the branches. How apart from Him we can do nothing. We can't bear fruit, we can't produce fruit. We are basically dead apart from Him. Now God comes and prunes the plant. He takes off the dead branches that are not producing fruit and prunes the ones that need some shaping up. I NEVER want to be a dead branch. I always want to remain enact with the Vine.I feel like if I did not have Jesus in my life, its like my air supply is cut off..I CAN"T LIVE WITHOUT HIM! The thing is, its possible for us to become so lazy that we fall off. Paul talks about in Philippians I believe, "working out your salvation". Now, its not based off works but its about staying true to our convictions, where is our heart? When the pruning comes, this keeps us cleaned up and shaped up. Yeah, it sucks when we are getting "pruned" but the Lord talks about "disciplining because He loves us". He prunes us because He wants the best for us and does not want anything in our life that will hinder us from Him and having an abundant life. I guess as sheep, we don't understand that sometimes. All this to say, is that it is vital we seek the Lord. It is vital that we come to know Him and seek Him! When you experience the Lord, you'll never want to go back. You become free from all the things you thought were pleasurable but it was only the world and Satan deceiving you saying it was. God has so much more for you than you can imagine. He loves you and wants you to experience a relationship with Him that will change your life. Don't let laziness get in the way! Seek, Knock, Ask...you'll truly find!