The trouble with time is that we have to experience it in order to determine if it was well spent. Have you ever planned something and had great expectations for it? It turns out, you enjoy it immensely and never want that period in time to pass. Or instead, you planned and in the end you find that period of time was so ghastly that it really wasn't worth a single moment. We are encouraged to manage our perceptions of time. Basing our future on the events of our pasts is not a wise thing to do. The past is time spent. The present is our, right now. The future is time we hope to experience. The management of these three can place an individual in somewhat of a quandary. As a result there must be a mediator that teaches and encourages us to keep things in perspective. The past is just that, the past. Our present is the gateway into our future and should be seen as the stepping stones that help us to build a tower of praise unto our God. The future holds the key to the promise we unlock with obedience to the will of the one who has called us to relationship with Him. The past and even the present is filled with experiences that have given us the tools to shape how we perceive tomorrow. The scripture tells us in Romans that after having done a thing we gain what we call experience. Hoping to do a thing we wait for an opportunity. So, our past experiences and future opportunities collide with expectations that are consumed by wonder. Is it going to be worth the time and effort? Have I gained enough experience to be able to take full advantage of this opportunity. The stage changes and all of the outside influences of what has happened is bottled up into the mind and become about "me". How long before I am able to have, go, to come out and or do. Hear this passage of scripture:Luke 10:38-42 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. In this passage Martha the sister of Lazarus complained about the fact that she was shorthanded and would have liked to get some assistance from her sister Mary. Her tasks were noble in that she was serving others. Time must have been an issue as she felt there was so much to do. Obviously her sister had other things in mind and was alert to the presence of a better opportunity. Not considering the urgency of our existence causes a respite in our pursuit of the future. I can't side-step the fact that there are promises awaiting every believer and each of us has to work out our own salvation. We can't wait for the past to be erased or our right now to be something other than it is. The future is coming, and so is our Lord. How will will he find you working? Are you focused on the things that last or on the things that satisfy your since of self worth? He said, "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Rev. 22:12) Are you ready? God bless and keep you.
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