Jesus is our Leader in everything (Heb. 12:2) and fortunately we do not have to do it all alone to become more like Him. Praise God that we have the Holy Spirit to help us.
But sometimes we will have to roll up our sleeves ourselves. God’s promise is that He helps us and does everything in cooperation with us, not that He actually chews everything out for us and we sit back with everything. There are times when we have to do things ourselves.
If we look at Jesus, His life was no different. He of course did things together with God, but He also had to make the decision to actually make time for God, and to maintain the relationship with the Father. Exactly as we (should) do, although unfortunately I also miss the mark from time to time.
Jesus regularly took time out to spend in prayer and intimacy with the Father (Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Matthew 14:23, Luke 6:12, Luke 5:16, Luke 9:18). He often suddenly disappeared from the radar, and His disciples sometimes even lost Him. Of course, we know that in fear, just before His crucifixion, He also sought the Father in prayer (Luke 22:39-46).
So Jesus sought moments every day to pray and maintain His relationship with God. 
Naturally, by the time His ministry began, and He was recognized and sought out by more and more people, He became increasingly busy. People began to see all the wonders and signs He was performing, and hordes of people flocked to Him. Yet, He took time for everyone and rejected no one. In addition to this busyness, He continued to make room to spend time with God.
Of course, Jesus is special and supernatural in everything and I have no illusions of surpassing Him, but in some way this grates on my soul. If Jesus needed time with God and in prayer to function, how much more do we need it!
God in the waiting room
I find that I am sometimes very busy with other things, or perhaps better said, I make myself busy. Days fly by, and before I know it, another week is over. We can easily fill our days with everyday worries. While in fact, they pale into insignificance when we compare them to our relationship with God.
I’ll be honest, I sometimes put God in the waiting room of my life where He can take a seat until it’s His turn. What an arrogant attitude, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has to wait for me.
Things can go well for a long time, only to become distracted again after a while. Of course, we also have to deal with an enemy who throws all kinds of things at our feet to distract us by, for example, “sprinkling sand in our eyes” just when you want to read the Bible, but as soon as you start scrolling on Instagram you are wide awake again. 
Just snoozing in bed, that Netflix episode, doing some quick housework, worrying, etc., that jerk can come up with all kinds of things to keep us away from time with God. But of course we can’t blame him for everything, let’s be honest.
Let your brain work
God has gifted us with a fantastic working brain, although you would think that in some people it might not work optimally 😉 LOL.
But I assume yours works perfectly fine, just like mine does, by the way. Praise God.
So in fact, I should be able to make better decisions about this, and yet there are still moments when I get caught up in the things of the day and suddenly realize that I haven’t taken time for God yet. Item on the agenda, literally, to change my attitude and start setting priorities. Ultimately, He must have the highest place in our lives, knowing when we do, things run smoother.
I also really notice that when I have made little or no time for God for days, things become more difficult. I try to do the things on my own and become exhausted. I need Him in everything I do, and even if I don’t do anything, I still need Him! At such moments, I can really experience a feeling of homesickness for Him.
He knows our hearts
Fortunately, thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus, we live under the new Covenant, and we can come back into His grace every time we mess up. This creates space to fall and get up again to continue our journey in His presence. He stands next to us to catch us and raise us up again. It is thanks to this grace that we can choose Him again every day, learn to make better choices and become more like Him.
His grace is new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23)
“They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Be merciful to yourself as God is merciful to us. He knows that we are just human and He knows our hearts. If we continue to seek Him with a sincere heart, there is nothing to worry about.
Relax! 
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beautiful blog post
Hi! Thanks, praise God, and have a blessed Sunday!