Being Occupied and Having No Time for God
Bible Verses
Please read Luke 5:1-11
Luke 5:11 And when they had brought the boats to the land,
they left all and followed Him.
Words of Ministry
The calling of the first four disciples was a calling that
attracted the occupied ones. Human beings do not realize how
much they are fallen not only in sin but also in their
occupation. Our occupation is our business or means of
employment, that is, our means of making a living. Today
fallen human beings are occupied by their way of making their
living. We may say that fallen human beings are occupied by
their occupation.
Of course, it is necessary for us to work. Paul charged the
believers to work for a living (2 Thes. 3:10-12). We should
not rely on others to provide a living for us. We need to
have a means of employment. However, the problem is that our
occupation occupies us and keeps us from God.
Human beings were created by God for Himself, but they are
occupied and kept from Him by the matter of making a living.
Nothing takes people away from God as much as their
occupation. Consider today’s world. Who is not occupied by
his job or by the education in preparation for work? Although
most people are busy, hardly anyone is busy with God.
Instead, virtually everyone is occupied by something in place
of God. The first disciples were called and attracted by the
Lord not from their sinful life, but from their occupation.
In particular, Peter, Andrew, James, and John were occupied
with fishing.
Those who are occupied with making a living usually give
excuses when invited to hear the gospel or to attend a
meeting. If you invite such a one to hear the gospel, he may
say that he does not have the time. If you invite an occupied
person to attend the meeting of the church, he may say that
he is too busy.
