Love and worship

As a being with a body, soul, and spirit, I want to be driven by my spiritual desires (i.e., in harmony with the Holy Spirit), not by bio-physical or psychological/emotional/intellectual/professional desires.  

I think that my greatest spiritual desire is to love and worship Yahweh.  You can love someone without worshipping them, and you can worship something without loving it, but in our relationship with Yahweh, one without the other is incomplete.

Honestly, I often let my soul desires drive me. I regularly overcomit my time/effort, and I think it is because I care too much what other people think of me. I think the main reason is that I don't want to let people down.  I don't want to be a failure.  I want to be perfect by keeping everyone happy with me.

But I need to start saying "no" to a lot more opportunities so that I can focus on joining my Father in His work.  I have been distracted by so many things, none of them inherently evil, but pulling me away from joining my Father.

John 5:17‭, ‬19‭-‬20 NIV

In his defense Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working." ... Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

Father, I love you, and I want to work with you.  Please give me wisdom to see what I need to let go of and what I need to say "no" to so that I will have time to join you fully in the work you have for me. And the work you have for me is not too much, so you will make sure that I have enough time to rest, as well.  I need more rest. I love you.