Do not be busy. Be fruitful.

**Joyce Meyer

Are you doing 'stuff' that is not bearing fruit? Is busyness stealing your peace?

I once heard of a guard who watched over a certain plot of ground at Buckingham Palace in England. For  100 years, 24 hours a day, that plot of land had been guarded. 

Finally, someone asked, 'What are you guarding?' He did not know and simply said it had been under guard for 100 years. It turned out that 100 years ago, the queen had planted some rose bushes there and wanted to make sure they grew. Now, a century later, a guard stood where a rose bush once stood, guarding nothing.

Are there things you are doing but you do not know why you are doing them anymore? God never called us to be busy. He called us to be fruitful. Too much pointless activity does not bear fruit and only stresses us out.

I encourage you to take an inventory of what you do throughout the day. You might be doing something God's not asking you to do, or something He was asking you to do but is not anymore. Let the Holy Spirit show you how to get rid of busyness and bear some fruit.

Prayer starter: Holy Spirit, help me take an inventory of my life and cut out pointless activity. I do not want to be too busy. Show me how to live a more fruitful life.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words.