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I love a good organization system. Give me some baskets, color-coded labels, and a few deep drawers, and I’ll find a place for everything. With three kids, a full-time job, ministry commitments, and a home to run, structure helps keep the chaos at bay (kinda).
But recently, as I sat down to plan out my week—mapping out meetings, medical appointments, meals, and margin—I slotted in “Bible study” for my mornings. I highlighted those blocks in a pretty shade of peach and moved on. Then, I paused. A quiet conviction crept in.
Y’all, I had scheduled Jesus like an appointment. Slotted Him after morning routines and before errands and work meetings. Neatly contained within a 15-minute window. And just like that, I realized: I had been compartmentalizing Christ.
Colossians 3:17 calls us to something more expansive: “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
Everything. Not just our church attendance or Bible study. Not just the parts we label “devotional time.” Our work. Our parenting. Our conversations. Our emails and laundry and commutes.
The temptation to separate the sacred from the secular is real. We say Jesus is Lord, but we live like He belongs only to certain hours and activities. We give Him Sunday morning but forget Him Monday afternoon. We seek Him in crisis but sideline Him in our everyday routine.
The gospel isn’t a section of your life. It’s the center. It’s the lens through which everything else comes into focus. Christ doesn’t want a slice of your schedule. He wants to shape and permeate your whole life.
So how do we begin to live integrated lives of faith?
Start with awareness. Ask the Lord to show you where you’ve been keeping Him at arm’s length. Invite Him into your work, your worries, your decisions, your rest.
Then practice presence. Speak His name over the ordinary. Whisper prayers as you pack lunches. Sing truth as you drive to work. Ask for wisdom before you answer that email. Gratitude in the everyday reorients the heart.
Finally, let His Word dwell richly. Not just in study blocks, but in your conversations, in your parenting, in your thoughts throughout the day. Let it anchor you, guide you, shape your responses and decisions.
Christ is not asking for compartments. He’s asking for daily communion.
This month, let’s stop separating our spiritual life from our actual life. Let’s live like Christ is truly with us in all of it because He is. And as we do, we’ll find that every part of our day becomes holy ground.
Take Care,
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The gospel isn’t a section of your life. It’s the center. It’s the lens through which everything else comes into focus. Christ doesn’t want a slice of your schedule. He wants to shape and permeate your whole life.
So how do we begin to live integrated lives of faith?
Here’s what I want to remind you: You don’t have to wait for the perfect group or the perfect time. You already have what you need.
Paul’s words in 2 Timothy 3:16–17 still hold true: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the servant of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
The Word equips us. No special tools required.
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5, ESV)
Culture will always present us with distractions; bombarding us with ideas, identities, and lies designed to draw us out of His light. True spiritual maturity requires more than borrowed convictions from social media faith influencers. It is a daily rhythm of renewal, of resetting our minds by the Word of God.