Un-doing....or not?

I have been un-doing for around two months now.  It has been going pretty well, especially at first.  But then again, when do things not go well at first?  I was not saying yes to everything, I was trying to figure out a Sabbath rest day each week and keep it, I was eating well (yes, this does have a large impact on our ability to do...everything), and I was resting better...BUT

I heard a podcast that Joyce Meyer did the other day on Thinking Like God Thinks, and she told a story that hit me right between the eyes.  She said she was in the passenger's seat of a car riding home.  She had entered her subdivision already but wasn't quite home yet.  She was thinking about what she was going to do as soon as she got home and apparently, she got so consumed with the thought of what she was going to do, she started to open the door of the car to get out!  Woah!

The point is this:  are you present where you are?  Ironically, this is a Biblical concept, however I first learned of it in a Tai Chi class I took in college.  To break it down for ya, I am saying that we have a problem being somewhere physically, but not mentally.  What that really means is that when we engage in daydreaming, or even planning out what we are going or should do, we aren't really there at all, even if our physical bodies are present!

So, why is this important?  I have an example for you:  my husband and I both share the love language of quality time.  This means we both feel loved when we get to spend time with the other. So, we try hard to spend a lot of time together.  I feel  "cheated" and un-loved though when we are sitting in the same room but doing something like watching a movie.  Why?  because we are both focused on the movie and not fully present with each other.

What does this mean in regards to my relationship with un-doing?  Well, this is a very important concept when we look at being a New Testament believer.  The Old Testament would have us stop and take a 24 hour period where we are not doing things like working in the field, washing clothes, cleaning, or fixing meals.  That is all good stuff but the NT would have us take it a step further.  It is now a heart/mind issue.  Not only am I asked to not do some of the physical things that tend to wear me down during the week, but am asked to lay down my mind for a 24 hour period every week so I can avoid the mental things that drain me and be fully present with the One who fills me up!  And take this a step beyond that and it translates into our lives in all areas.  Why?  Because when we are fully engaged an present (mind, body and spirit), we can be the most effective servants for the King! 

Not only will this help us to be more effective, it will also, like Joyce Meyer's story, prevent us from making mistakes in whatever we get into each day!  It actually makes us more productive.