May 5: Appointment or Check Up

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 Appointment or Check Up

Sharon Campbell-Danvers
Kings Seventh-day Adventist Church


May 5: Appointment or Check-Up

Key Text: "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you."  James 4:8

I was getting ready in a hurry for a doctor’s visit when my son asked a simple question, “What’s your plan today?”

I replied, “I’m going to the doctor.”

Then he asked something I did not expect: “Is it an appointment or a check-up?”

I paused for a moment.

After thinking about it, I answered, “It’s a check-up.” I had already completed the blood work, and this visit was simply a follow-up to review how things were progressing.

But his question stayed with me.

It made me reflect on how we approach God. Sometimes we come to Him for what could be called a spiritual check-up, and other times He is calling us into a deeper appointment.

A check-up is routine. It is familiar and often done when it is convenient. Spiritually, it can look like a quick prayer, a familiar verse, or a brief moment with God just to make sure everything seems alright.

An appointment is different.

An appointment is intentional. It requires time, focus, and priority. When God calls us into an appointment, He is not simply observing where we are. He is ready to speak, to correct, to heal, to redirect, or even to call us into something new.

A check-up asks, How am I doing?
An appointment asks, Lord, what are You saying?

A check-up gives information.
An appointment brings transformation.
A divine appointment can change where someone is going.

The Psalmist understood this when he prayed:

"Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." - Psalm 139:23-24

This is the language of someone inviting God into a true appointment.

Scripture also reminds us:

"Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." - James 4:8

Drawing near requires intention.

Jesus says:

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28

Some appointments are for healing and restoration.

And in Psalm 46:10, we are reminded:

"Be still, and know that I am God."

Appointments require stillness and attention.

A spiritual check-up may reveal where a person is.
A divine appointment can change where a person is headed.

God is always available. The question is whether we are willing to move beyond routine and meet Him with intention.

So today, consider the question:

Is it just a check-up, or is it an appointment?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for being a God who desires relationship, not routine. Help me to move beyond quick spiritual check-ups and into intentional time with You. Search my heart, speak clearly, and transform me as only You can. Teach me to make time for You because You are worthy.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.


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