When Did Our Focus Get So Blurry?

As I drove to work this morning I was reflecting on last night at church. We are a very traditional Southern Baptist Church, but not stuffy. We love the Lord and aren't afraid to show it, at least that is what we strive for.

I am currently in charge of the music program and for choir practice I read from Ephesians 2, talking about not being involved in the cravings of our sinful nature but through faith we are saved. I am constantly trying to emphasize to my choir and others that we were not put here for our pleasure but for His. All of this is His plan (if we are in His will, if we go our own way He loves us enough to fix it) and each of us are blessed to be a tiny part of it. Our purpose is so simple, to praise Him and to carry out the tasks that He has placed before us. On the radio this morning, as I was pondering, Toby Mac's song "Made to Love" came on. (Thank you God for giving me a cool reminder that at least in this way I am on the right track!)
The chorus says it all -
I was made to love you I was made to find you I was made just for you Made to adore you I was made to love And be loved by you You were here before me You were waiting on me And you said you'd keep me Never would you leave me I was made to love and be loved by you

Just the thought of the creator of the universe taking time to love me is so ... there is not even a word for it. Anyway, I know we have to work, take care of our families and on and on, but when did our pleasure supersede our devotion to God? Do you question your priorities regarding your devotion to our Lord, do you "love them like Jesus", do you involve Jesus in every area of your life? These are questions that I ask myself on a regular basis. Am I always successful? No. Do I always love them like Jesus? No. But I ask God on a regular basis to reveal to me His plan for me and to give me the wisdom and strength to help me press on. I love the freedom of letting God be in control. I hear some make the statement "I want the freedom to do what I want to do." I wish for 10 minutes they could feel true freedom in Christ. I love my Savior with every fiber of my being. Someday when I sit at the feet of my Savior, I pray that my loved ones will remember me as a woman who truly worshipped and served her Lord with all her heart. Let's all work on our focusing our entire lives on Jesus.