The Inconvenient God

I was at choir last night and it seemed like everyone was tired. There was no energy and some lack of cooperation. It had been raining all day so the mood for the Denver metro area was sort of laid back and tired. So when 8:00 finally rolled around, alot of people were ready to leave the church and go home. We had a gal named Keri filling in for Scott while he is away. She seems like the sweetest lady and really wanted to make sure that we were ready for Sunday so she kept us all of ten minutes late. When she was finished she told us to meet in our sections (which confused me simply because I have only been in the choir a combined total of maybe three months and I've never met with my section). People started telling her that we don't do that anymore and Martha (I was so proud) stood up and said that we were doing it tonight. So grumbling and complaining, everyone got into groups and started praying. I must give a disclaimer and say that I don't fault the people who had children at all. They needed to do their thing and they did it.

A couple of ladies in my section got kind of irritated and started asking Diane what time choir was supposed to get out and said they had to get home. I don't know what they expected her to do about it except apologize profusely on Keri and Scott's behalf- which she didn't. If she had, I would have had to smack her. We prayed and let me tell you, Ruth's prayer was definitely worth waiting for.

But it made me start thinking about how we sometimes treat God as an inconvenience. We tell the Creator of the universe that we don't have time for him. We tell the Redeemer that we don't want to talk to him. We show the Almighty God that our schedules mean more to us than his grace. How can we not pause for five minutes with brothers and sisters in Christ and bring our joys and sorrows to him?

Instead of jumping on the opportunity to curl up with our heavenly Father, we jump into our cars and go. Let me ask this question honestly. Please hear it as just a question and not a complaint:

Why is it so hard to stop for a minute and focus on God?