Do you value Today?
Mar/16/2009 06:27 PM
Do you value today
or are you always thinking how good it will be
tomorrow
James 4:13-17 (NIV) 13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16 As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
The big issue here is the fact that we waste most of our lives thinking about tomorrow. There is no guarantee about tomorrow but the truth of matter is that you definitely have the here and now. The question is: what are you doing with your NOW? Are you pondering what will happen next on the night time soaps (TV shows) you watch. When we are God’s children we are on His time not our own. You might be able to cheat your employer/teacher out of time without him knowing about it but God is everywhere all the time. (yeah let that sink in) And the truth of the matter is that He is a jealous God. He will not play second to anything. He wants us to make the most out of every moment. Whether that means making the most out of every opportunity with everyone we come in contact with or redeeming some of our wasted time. God’s word is the life bread for all believers, but most of us are starving. Don’t be an anorexic christian. Get fat on the word of God. Stop worrying about tomorrow and make the most of today. So what is your heart telling you?
James 4:13-17 (NIV) 13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16 As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
The big issue here is the fact that we waste most of our lives thinking about tomorrow. There is no guarantee about tomorrow but the truth of matter is that you definitely have the here and now. The question is: what are you doing with your NOW? Are you pondering what will happen next on the night time soaps (TV shows) you watch. When we are God’s children we are on His time not our own. You might be able to cheat your employer/teacher out of time without him knowing about it but God is everywhere all the time. (yeah let that sink in) And the truth of the matter is that He is a jealous God. He will not play second to anything. He wants us to make the most out of every moment. Whether that means making the most out of every opportunity with everyone we come in contact with or redeeming some of our wasted time. God’s word is the life bread for all believers, but most of us are starving. Don’t be an anorexic christian. Get fat on the word of God. Stop worrying about tomorrow and make the most of today. So what is your heart telling you?