Chrystal Hurst says if God truly matters to you, you'll make room for Him through early mornings, Bible study, and prayer. She argues people lie to themselves about priorities, using comfort activities like social media to reveal what they actually value. Either adjust your behavior to make space for God or admit He's not as important as you claim.
If something is important to you, you make room. So quit lying to yourself. If you are not making room for God in your life, he's not important. I think you need to make peace with saying that. If I keep saying I can't get up early in the morning, if that's what you feel like you need to do, or if I'm meant to finish this Bible study and I haven't yet, or I wanted to read this book, or You know, I started this and I didn't finish, or I was gonna engage in this Bible study, or I was gonna make space for God to pray and I haven't done it. I think you need to be honest with yourself and say it's not important because the things that are important to us, we make room for, even if it's our own pleasure. You might not say that social media or TV is important to you, but what you're saying is your pleasure, your comfort, your enjoyment is important. I'm just saying, whatever you're saying by virtue of your actions, own it. Because a part of the problem in practicing the presence of God is we will not tell ourselves the truth. Actually, God, as much as I wanna love you, my actions say that I don't. As much as I wanna spend time with you, my actions say I don't care that much. Because if you're lying to yourself, then you can lull yourself into a position of untruth. So you're telling yourself on the one hand, I really love God and I want to spend time with him. And on the other hand, you're saying, well, but this, this, this, and that and the other. And you're living in the middle. Either tell yourself the truth and do what you're going to do or decide to make room.
