This week has been a bit trying. I feel I have been under attack, not from a temptation to act perspective, but a weariness of life perspective, spending all my energy just in hanging on.

There are times when the every day can be used by the enemy to discourage and dampen the call of God on our lives. Often it can be due to the expectations we put on ourselves. Expectations based on our own perspectives and not prayerfully set by God through daily communion and fellowship with Him.

There are times when it seems it takes everything we can muster  just to make life work, and it leaves us feeling empty and unsatisfied. No time spent on realizing any of our dreams, All of our time at work and away from our family and friends, it just feels like we live to work, and that gets depressing very quickly.

So what do we do, how can we get some measure or sense of control back into our lives? What is the solution to having to spend hours and hours working with no time for anything else?

Having asked the question, I don’t know that I have the answer. I think it may be different for each man.

Here are a few things that might be worth considering.

First the obvious. Am I fulfilling God’s call on my life?

Joy for us comes from relationship with God first and foremost. Family follows close behind, but our relationship with family will never be right if we do not put God first in everything. Spending time with Him, in relationship and communion is essential to getting the right perspective on every other thing that fills your day. Do you have  KIROS (God’s Time ) time in your daily schedule? Make the time, even if you have to get up earlier, or go to bed later, or find a quiet place on the way to work and leave a little early, what ever you have to do to create that time alone with only you and God, do it.

Next, maybe take a look at your work week. I know it may sound a little simplistic, but creating an ideal work week, that is, setting certain blocks of time down on paper, that lay out each day and week for you, can help you regain some control over your time. One of the things I took away from my time in sales was to put together an ideal work week. I thought it was silly, and a waste of time until I sat down and did it, refined it a few times and suddenly there were hours of time in my week for things I had not seen before.

Hopefully your spouse is a believer and is on board with working together to help create balance in your lives. You are blessed if that is the case. If that is not the case, one of the things you and God can begin working on together is seeing that change. You need your wife to be your partner in this and in most cases, only God can give you the wisdom and support to bring that to life. I can tell you that having a spiritual partner as well as a life partner is more precious than anything I can imagine, there is nothing that can stand in your way when you are in relationship with God and have a wife that is a spiritual partner. What a blessing.

I believe when these things are in place, everything else will follow. Matthew 6:33 says….But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Jesus is speaking to those worried about the needs we all have in this life, and makes it very clear that God will provide for us if we put Him first.

Psalm 3: