The Plumbline

Are you a shortcut kind of person? I like the quick keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste instead of right clicking, selecting from menu, each step of the way. I like the quicker kind of meal preps like one skillet casseroles. I also like it when God gives me a word to brighten my day or bring much needed wisdom so I don't have to hunt for it very hard on my own! Don’t look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don’t fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention. (Matthew 7:13-14) Shortcuts to God aren't going to get us what we hoped to gain. We might find we can read a short 'prepared' devotional passage in a really neat devotional book, and it will even speak to our spirit on some level, but it shouldn't be our 'steady diet plan' for how we hear from God. The truth is that God wants