Do you ever feel like you’ve been a failure?
Like you try hard but it seems like you can
never be the person God wants you to be?
Or feel like you’re wasting time and aren’t doing anything for the Lord?
I have!
There are so many times I know what I should be doing,
but I do what I want to do instead,
thinking “I can do that later” or “I can quit this later”.
Twice in the Bible it talks about redeeming the time.
(Ephesians 5:16 and Colossians 4:5)
Because when this life is over, only what’s done for Christ will last.
Like in a few posts ago, I shared that song ‘Only One Life’,
we only have one chance to do the Lord’s will.
Today in Sunday school, we read,
“For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ephesians 12:14
EVERY thing we do will appear at the judgment seat of Christ.
Now that’s kind of a scary thought!
I think sometimes we get so wrapped up in ourselves,
we don’t keep it straight in our minds that God’s watching us,
He knows EVERY thought, action, desire, & imagination.
And sometimes, when the Lord reveals what we’ve been doing,
we may say “oh, I’m sorry, forgive me Lord!” and then go and do it again!
The fact is, we don’t know how long we’re going to be here.
God can take us whenever He pleases.
So, a trick is to live each day as your last.
If this was your last day on earth, how would you spend it?
Life is only so long- made up of so many days, hours,
and minutes to make the right choice.
Once that time goes by, there’s no pushing rewind and redoing
it the way it should have been done.
Now death isn’t the only thing that will end our chance.
Jesus says,
“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day
nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” Matthew 25:13
He also says,
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all
these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Luke 21:36
We are commanded to watch, for Jesus may come anytime!
Before we do something, we might want to think, “
"Would I want to be doing this when Jesus comes back?”
Now sometimes we think, “I just can’t! I’ve tried! It’s too hard!”
But God tells us that,
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13
Just ask Him for the strength and He’ll give it to you.
Like I said in a previous post, God gives us the strength to do what He commands.
God doesn't want us to feel like failures.
He will give us the victory!
"But thanks be to God, which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1Corinthians 15:57
I encourage you to live each day as your last.
Watch for Jesus, He’ll be here any minute!
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Noted by... Shereen 
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - Anne of Green Gables
Blessings
Shereen