Good Morning!! In today's demanding world, priorities over procrastination are a must. We must choose what's most important, and we must neglect what's less important when there are only 24 hours in a day. As the procrastinator's motto goes, "Don't put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow." But what happens if we procrastinate the most important thing of all,
and fail to prioritize our eternal destiny? That leads to what I call
the "standby" mistake. It sounds like the words of another man Jesus described:
“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But
God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded
from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’—Luke 12:18-20 (NIV)
This mistake is pretty basic. It says "Yeah, Yeah, I believe that, but
I'll deal with it later". I don't have to explain how foolish this is,
do I? "Later" could come in an instant. If you are living a lie, disaster can strike anytime with consequences that last forever.
Like most mistakes, this one dissolves with the least bit of thought.
That night the man lost his life. The Bible tells us the truth: God
invites us to live in Truth today..
"The safest road to hell is the gradual one—the gentle
slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones,
without signposts."—C. S. Lewis
O'Lord, we know that our days on earth are numbered, and we really have
no idea when our number is up. We surrender everything we have, and
everything we will be, to You right now. We're trusting You to live in us, and
through us today,...to Your glory. Amen.
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