We tend to measure our productivity by how much we actually get done, while God is looking at why are doing it at all. We also take an incredibly task orientied approach, while the Father is more concerned about relationships. Finally, we are all about what is urgent and now, while He is all about what is important and eternal. This post by John Piper is excellent:
“How is God at work in our most unproductive days, when it feels as though we’ve accomplished nothing and fallen far short of our own plans and expectations? Those days are frustrating to us, but they are not outside of God’s sovereign power. It leads to today’s question on what efficiency looks like in the first place, a very good question from a listener named Melinda.”