Recently I have been thinking a lot about how precious the time that we have been given on this earth really is, and how good it is to be alive and in my right mind.
Over the last few weeks and days the newspapers have been reporting what seems like one tragedy after another. I read a story about a lady in her 40’s a successful lawyer, walking along the street to her job, and an industrial sized window frame got blown by the wind, and fell on top of her body and pinned her to the ground and she died instantly. I also read another report about a family who were seen in one moment enjoying their holidays taking in the scenes and sights that France has to offer and the next moment they were wiped out by gunfire. Leaving behind a presumably traumatized 4 year old and a 7 year old physically wounded fighting for her life.
I know your probably reading thinking jeez what’s the matter with Bree but I dunno its just like God is showing me how fragile our lives really are. I had my own near death experience not so long ago but I will go into that a little more another time. But yeah what I am trying to say?? Life the life that I have been given, the life that YOU have been given is so precious. Don’t even waste one moment wondering just how precious because I wanna show you something that I feel Daddy wants for us to ponder.
“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
Interlude
We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?My only hope is in you.”Psalm 39:4-7
First this-we are only pilgrims on a journey,we are just passing through this earth. I remember as a child in church,they used to sing a bunch of songs talking about when they get to heaven and would rejoice and be so excited about it all. I didn’t understand why they would get so excited about going to heaven,because going to heaven would mean dying,and who wants to die?!But I guess those old folks had resolved like Paul that “to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
I digress, but what I am trying to say?Don’t get to caught up desiring things, posessions, positions,wealth,homes, cars jobs, and other things which are only temporary.When we leave this earth we will take none of these things with us.Not one of them.Not our position at church or our favourite handbag,or our teddy bear that we had since we was 5 years old. Nothing.Its good,in fact its brilliant and important to have nice things but not when our hope for joy is in those things rather than in God!
Second is this-Christ showed me His purpose which helped me to understand how I should be living this life while I still got time, and how YOU as a child of God should be living peek this-
“ The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy.
My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” John 10:10.
I cannot tell you how many times during any 7 day period when Holy Spirit doesn’t show me that I am living beneath my means, way below my privileges and He reminds me of this promise, His purpose for coming and dying for us. A rich AND satisfying life. There will be days where I just feel so weary and I allow life, work, business, tiredness, marriage,to knock me sideways and Holy Spirit whispers into my heart,”rich and satisfying,life abundantly”.
So many, too many of Gods children are living beneath their means in so many ways. One way to identify if you are not living a rich and satisfying life is to look at even just one of Gods promises in His word and if your life does not mirror what it says, then it is most likely that you are living beneath your privileges. For example 2 Timothy 1:7 "God has not given me a spirit of fear but power love and a SOUND MIND"(personalized). When my mind is off key and im walking in depression and fear, I have allowed the enemy’s purpose to be fulfilled in that part of my life and I literally need for Jesus to come into that part of my life to work out HIS purpose for me to live the good life, that He died for me to have! Same applies to living in anxiety, a life of worry, feeling demotivated, slothful, this is not the good life and Jesus needs to come in!!
I won’t go on much longer, just wanna provoke you to sit up and smell the mocha, I wanna wake up and smell something too. I want to live the kind of life that would make Jesus proud. That means making the most of this “brief” time that I have on this earth. Making the most of every opportunity I have to get the good news out there. That means not sitting on any of the visions that He has given but going out there running with my torch into the dark world. No longer being consumed and worried about the things of this life,the busyness of my days,what I do or don't have but having my mind and heart set on heavenly things,the things above,His purpose.Getting HIS message out there and MAXIMIZING every single precious moment that I have.I hope that you feel inspired to do the same.
