now we started this week looking at the sin problem, not the don’t
doing something part which is what we CHRISTians are known for but at the doing
something part. there are good effective
life-changing things that GOD wants us to do and when we don’t that is also
sin. i think that is a great place to
start as we are looking toward this new year.
don’t procrastinate any more do it now.
proverbs 3.27-28
(niv) says, do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in
your power to act. do not say to your
neighbor, “come back later; i’ll give it tomorrow” – when you now have it with
you.
if somebody comes
to you and asks you a favor, don’t say, “tomorrow – later.” don’t procrastinate. if you can do it now, do it now.
there are three things
you can do with your life: spend it, waste it, invest it. you can waste your life; there are a lot of
ways. tv commercials will show you lots
of ways to waste your time, money, life.
or you can spend your life trying to acquire things: fame,
pleasure. or you can invest your
life. the best use of your life is to
invest it on something which will outlast it.
jim elliot said, “he
is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot
lose.” what’s going to last
forever? the word of GOD and
people. people will last in one of two
places in eternity. where i spend my
time now may determine where i’ll spend my eternity. invest your life in things that will last –
the word of GOD and people. make it
count.
there was a
commercial, years ago on tv by the peace corp.
“it doesn't matter how long you live if you’re not doing anything with
your life.”
we worry about
duration – how long are we going to live.
GOD worries about the donation – what are you doing with it. am i making my life count or frittering it away
on non-essentials, things that aren’t going to count. GOD says, “make your life count – do it now!”
just a thought
from the front porch…
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