Father, there’s something special about the time of the day that I used to be able to write (this post was written at 5:56 am). My senses only picked up the muffled sound of vehicles zooming by. But in my living room, it was quiet and peaceful; my day had only begun. And there was no better way to start my day than with You. In the quiet of that time, I asked that I may hear Your still, small voice and that it would set the tone for the day.
2 Timothy 2:3-7 (<<click here to read the passage)
Lord, reading this brief passage has my mind going in all kinds of directions. Help me to focus on what You want me to see, and then please enable me to apply it to my life.
Fulfilling Your call on my life, Lord, is a worthy task. But though it is worthy, it does not mean that it will be easily attained. It doesn’t just happen. It’s not easy. Following You requires a solid determination. It will take daily focus and application. Living a life worthy of Your call, no goal is higher.
Paul’s examples of a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer all point to individuals with high expectations. Achieving their goals means lots of hard work, discipline, and self-sacrifice. Each of them must be all in – partial commitment won’t cut it! If I am to be an ambassador of the Good News, I have to be all in, or I won’t really be effective. I can say I follow You, but I will have little impact until I totally invest myself in accomplishing that goal.
One of my struggles through life is seeing what You do with what I invest with my life. You can take a little and multiply it exponentially!
And there lies my struggle – quite often, even though I want my investment to be large, it is small. I start big and fizzle out way too early. What would it look like if I gave every bit of myself and stayed the course? What would You be able to do with that?
Lord, help me to be what I am capable of being! No more excuses! Empower me! Embolden me! Help me to give it my all and to hold nothing back!
(Nov 4th, 2015, Wed, 5:46 am)
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