LIFE’S TOO PRECIOUS TO WASTE
EPHESIANS 5:15-17 (NLT) “BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LIVE NOT AS FOOLS BUT AS THOSE WHO ARE WISE. MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING GOOD IN THESE EVIL DAYS. DON’T ACT THOUGHTLESSLY BUT TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD WANTS YOU TO DO.”
The opposite of careful is careless. God says don’t be careless about your life. Don’t just breeze through life. Don’t just drift through life. Don’t just go through life going, “I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing.” Be thoughtful. Be wise. Know what God wants you to do. It says, “Make the most of every opportunity.”
And then it says, “Try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.” How many of you would say, “I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE LORD WANTS ME TO DO WITH MY LIFE?”
Here’s an amazing little secret. WHEN YOU DO PUT GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE. The work, the relationships, the finances, the health – all those others. In fact He’s promised over and over again in the Bible. He says, “You put Me first. You make My will the goal of your life. You’re going to fulfill My purposes for your life and I will bless you out of your socks. I will take care of you in ways that you do not even know about.” PROVERBS 3:6 (LB) “IN EVERYTHING YOU DO, PUT GOD FIRST AND HE WILL DIRECT YOU AND CROWN YOUR EFFORTS WITH SUCCESS.”
If one person is going to be in heaven because of you, you cannot consider your life a failure. You’ve done the most significant thing you can do. Help somebody determine their eternal destiny.
2 COR 6:1 (MSG) “WE BEG YOU, PLEASE DON’T SQUANDER ONE BIT OF THIS MARVELOUS LIFE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.”
NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOWING GOD’S PURPOSES FOR YOUR LIFE.
The opposite of careful is careless. God says don’t be careless about your life. Don’t just breeze through life. Don’t just drift through life. Don’t just go through life going, “I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing.” Be thoughtful. Be wise. Know what God wants you to do. It says, “Make the most of every opportunity.”
And then it says, “Try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.” How many of you would say, “I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE LORD WANTS ME TO DO WITH MY LIFE?”
Here’s an amazing little secret. WHEN YOU DO PUT GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE. The work, the relationships, the finances, the health – all those others. In fact He’s promised over and over again in the Bible. He says, “You put Me first. You make My will the goal of your life. You’re going to fulfill My purposes for your life and I will bless you out of your socks. I will take care of you in ways that you do not even know about.” PROVERBS 3:6 (LB) “IN EVERYTHING YOU DO, PUT GOD FIRST AND HE WILL DIRECT YOU AND CROWN YOUR EFFORTS WITH SUCCESS.”
If one person is going to be in heaven because of you, you cannot consider your life a failure. You’ve done the most significant thing you can do. Help somebody determine their eternal destiny.
2 COR 6:1 (MSG) “WE BEG YOU, PLEASE DON’T SQUANDER ONE BIT OF THIS MARVELOUS LIFE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.”
NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOWING GOD’S PURPOSES FOR YOUR LIFE.
Comments
Post a Comment