Live In The "Here and Now"
"This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24 NKJV
God wants us to appreciate the season we are in; to live in the "here and now." Some people live only for the future. "I'll be happy when..." Other people live in the past. Solomon addresses them: "Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not inquire wisely concerning this" (Ecc 7:10 NKJV). The New Yorker magazine once had a carton in which two monks in robes and shaved heads were sitting side by side, cross legged on the floor. The younger one, with a quizzical look on his face, is facing the older one, who is saying: "Nothing happens next. This is it." That's exactly what it means to live in the here and now. We aren't waiting for something else to occur, we aren't distracted by anything around us, we aren't trying to escape mentally to another time. We are fully alive because we are living int he moment! God may have done great things for you in the past, and you're trusting Him to do great things in the future, but His presence, His power, His goodness, His favor, His blessing, and all that He is, can only be experienced in the here and now. "Are you living in a shell to keep from being eaten alive by the pain of life? Do you guard yourself by retreating deeper into your shell, being available only to what is pleasant, predictable, and safe?" This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Live in the "here and now."
This message taken from Daily Devotional - The Word For Today
This message taken from Daily Devotional - The Word For Today
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