Time is one, if not our most important resource. Who is not guilty of spending it foolishly and wastefully. I can do nothing about past purchases, but I have everything to say about how I spend my time today. Time spent loving people is one of the few activities that is never wasted.
“Redeem your time because the days are evil.” Eph.5
It could happen anytime. It could happen today. When it happens, the only way I know to be prepared is to be found living in the fullness and freedom of Christ, this moment. Turn my thoughts of tomorrow into beneficial attitudes and actions right now.
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,”
Blessings do not come from knowing, but from doing. The purpose of wisdom is to direct our actions not cripple us by the false confidence of just knowing. Be a doer, it is the final measure of success or failure.
“Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do
My wife and I once chased a tornado after it touched down on a nearby highway. We followed its path, but rain, heavy wind, and hail obscured our view. After stopping briefly for safety, we rounded a bend to find a destroyed home and a truck tossed into a tree. Storm chasers indeed!
“The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.” Nahum 1 Conversations Within” ts 5/16/
Only when we die to our own designs can we begin to discover God’s. Then and only then will we accomplish anything of lasting value. Surrendered, even the smallest act can produce a harvest of enduring joy. The seed must be buried in order to become; we must die to self before we can be resurrected.
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” Jesus Conversations Within” ts 5/16/26
