Take a moment and stop. Don't try to get through this post fast. You may be like me and need to stop the feverish hurry, the insatiable desire to accomplish the next thing.
Stop right now and pray with me.
Take a deep breath. Don't search for the right words or try to stir up "spiritual" feelings. Just pray a simple prayer with me:
"I am Yours. All that is in me is yours. All that I possess is yours."
I would start wringing my hands, wondering if I meant it...or prayed "hard" enough for the Father to hear. He can hear. He wants to hear. He leans in to listen and can wade through the murkiness of our motives.
One more thing: read a passage with me. Here you go...
“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Joel 2:12-13 (NIV)
Would you read it again? This time out loud. This time, savoring the words.
Now, one more time, but only read until something arrests you. Stop there and don't move on. Ask the Father questions about it. Write it down and take it with you where you go today.
Let God's Spirit tend the soil of your soul to be ready for what he is going to plant from his Word.
Finally, would you pray for others? Someone or someones who the Lord brings to your attention. Just a simple prayer that the Spirit will have his good, pleasing, and perfect way with them.
We will be amazed at how He will take our puny efforts and make beautiful things out of the people that He loves.