Why don't I respond?

This is something that has been bothering me for a while now. Why don't I respond to God's invitations? Why do I choose to ignore the wooing of the Holy Spirit?

This all came to head with me this past week. Sarah and I discussed it after our nightly devotionals and I was also troubled by it yesterday afternoon.

To put things in perspective, if Sarah Rae, my wife, was in the house calling for me, would I ignore her? If she was continually calling me on my cell phone, would I ignore the call? The answer to both questions is no. Sure, I may be busy or whatever, but I would answer her persistent calling. I would not be too busy to answer her. Would you ignore your screaming kid or persistent toddler?

Why then, do we do this to The Almighty God? Why do I put Him off when I know He is calling me? Its ridiculous. If the creator of the world, wants a minute with me, am I too important to sit with Him? Why do we ignore Him? Am I afraid of Him? Am I scared of what He might ask of me? Is my image of God so screwed up that I don't realize that all of His plans for me are good? What is the problem?

I am so thankful that Jesus wasn't too busy to answer the Father when He (God) asked Him (Jesus) to be betrayed and murdered for my sins. I'm glad God isn't too busy to hear my prayers and answer them in the manner He best sees fit. I'm glad the Holy Spirit isn't to prideful to deliver the words of God into my heart and spirit.

I hope that I am maturing in my faith. I hope that I'm better at responding that I used to be. Hopefully I'll be better at it tomorrow than I am today. I'm reminded of the following chorus. It is my prayer today that my family and all that read this, will embrace this and live this.

Father, I adore You
I lay my life before You
How I love You

Jesus, I adore You
I lay my life before You
How I love You

Spirit, I adore You
I lay my life before You
How I love You