Today in my morning prayers, what spoke to me the most wasn’t a verse of scripture, it was one of the prayers I prayed out of the Book of Common Prayer.  It was the collect for guidance and it reads as follows:

O heavenly Father, in whom we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray thee so to guide and govern us by thy Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget thee, but may remember that we are ever walking in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The reason this spoke to me is that it forced me to address and think about what can be one of the greatest hindrances to my walk with God. I can forget.  

Not forget about God, mind you.  But, forget to pray throughout the day. Forget to turn my thoughts to Him. Forget to keep Him my primary focus. Turn my attention, my heart, my passion, my desire, my everything to something other than God.

And, in doing that, I get myself in trouble.  I can just get so busy in my day that I forget.  I forget about God.

And I’m going to guess I’m not the only one.  This prayer today made me look at myself and realize that I need to make God my primary focus all day long.  And I know that.

But, I forget.

Lord, help us to remember to keep you in the front of our thoughts and minds today.  Let us not forget you.