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Yesterday a Memory – Tomorrow A Dream

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Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I woke up the way I always do…filled with Gratitude for another day to Serve the Author and Perfector of my Faith. Living is one thing…living with Purpose is an entirely different story altogether so I have Purpose in mind this morning. The Fall season has officially set in, and every day looks different than the one before while nature heads toward winter. As I sat there looking at the changes that have taken place since yesterday, I thought about Life and how each one of our days is different than the last as we head toward the “winter” too. Yesterday becomes a memory, and tomorrow becomes a dream. Today is all we really have to work with and our greatest opportunity to Live, to Serve, to Share..and to Love. Isn’t that the way you look at the new day too?

It seems to be so easy for people to live in the past or in the future while they squander away today – some are “stuck” in the past while others are so focused on the future that they forget about the blessings of Now. Today really IS like “the first day of the rest of your life” and today is all we have any control over whatsoever. We can’t change what we did or didn’t do yesterday, and since tomorrow is promised to no one, all the things we dream of for tomorrow should be focused on today. If there is any Unfinished Business like asking for forgiveness or making our peace leftover from yesterday, today is the day to make it right. If there is an unspoken “I love you” or a word of encouragement that could change the course of another, today is the day to speak. If there is anyone in our world that has never heard the Good News of Jesus Christ, today is the day to Share it. If there is anything within us that holds us back from all the things the Living God has for us, today is the day to move forward in His Name. There’s no end to the things that should be reconciled on a new day and there is seemingly no end to the putting off. Yesterday is only a memory now and tomorrow is only a dream. Living TODAY is the Key to an Abundant Life in all the ways that matter.

Some people have a “near-death” experience that puts things in perspective for them…at least for a little while. But every day is a near-death day for all of us because tomorrow is promised to no one AND YET, we have so little regard for the frailty of life that we’ll put off the important things as if we have all the time in the world. When you look at it that way, how can any of us dare to squander even one day? There is a past that needs to stay in the past and a future to dream about. The Bible says “Without a vision the people perish” and that “hope deferred makes the heart sick”, so looking forward with longing is a good thing for the heart and soul. It’s when we linger in the thoughts of tomorrow while squandering the today’s that we stand the chance of NOT living long enough to see what the Heart has been longing for. Yesterday is a memory and tomorrow is only a dream. Living TODAY is the Key to living Life to the fullest in all the ways that matter.

I’ve been on top of the mountain and deep in the valley and every place in between…but my past is now in the past where it belongs. The only piece of the past that has any Value for today is the Wisdom I gained in the Process. The “bad” has been Forgiven and the Trials have become my Testimony which is shared with the world today with Purpose. I have Dreams for my future and I take steps to fulfill them every day BUT my future isn’t here yet so I Focus on Today. Today will be the most spectacular day in the history of me! This day will be filled with Gratitude and countless surprises straight from the Throne of a Mighty God. The past has become but a memory and the future is only a dream, but I have TODAY to do Good in His Name and I can’t imagine a better way to spend any day allotted to me.

How about you?

On High Alert…

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Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the Master before the sun came up and I sat in His Presence for the longest time. My eyes were closed as our time was coming to an end and when I opened them up I saw that I was surrounded by deer on all sides. There were fourteen in total. Most of them were grazing but a few were on high alert. As I sat there enjoying the scene, God reminded me of how this is the way it is with His people today. Many people are nonchalantly walking what they claim to be the Journey of Faith but they’re too busy filling their own needs to notice what’s happening around them…while far too few are on High Alert. If I made a sudden move and issued a loud sound all of the deer around me would notice me and all of them would scurry away. One Day Jesus will make His move, and a loud Trumpet will sound to announce Him, and His Presence will not be mistaken even by a lost world. Some of us will join Him when that happens and we’ll be happy the Day has finally arrived. But those nonchalantly “grazing” with no care in the world for Him will be left behind. Isn’t that the way you see it too?

It’s not easy to understand how so many people seem to be nonchalantly grazing through life or why they don’t understand the Urgency at hand. A Focus on the Word of God would surely set them straight, but they prefer to focus on other sources instead. Whining about world affairs, the economy, “bad” people, and crime are merely a means of entertainment as long as they overlook what’s going on behind the scenes in the Heavens and they refuse to Proclaim the name of Jesus Christ in this dark world. The darkness we see raging all around us could so easily be snuffed out if enough Light would shine in its presence because darkness cannot exist in the Light. Every evil thing could be blown away if only we Believe in the Power that God has graciously given to His people…but few people believe that to be true. How people can Believe in a Supernatural God but not in the Supernatural means to fight the Supernatural Spiritual war is not easy to comprehend. As long as they believe they’re powerless…they are. As long as they believe they can’t do anything to Fight…they can’t. As long as they believe that they’re “doomed”…they are. But that’s not the way it’s supposed to be for God’s people. Anybody with the desire to be equipped Supernaturally to do their part in this war in the Heavens just needs to BELIEVE that it’s so…and it is. This is the Key to Victory and the only way to Win the War.

The complacency I see all around me keeps me very busy. I’m like a “watchman on the hill” doing my part to wake up a sleepy church and to help it find its way bay to its First Love. I’m doing my part to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ every chance I get and I’m doing my part to send evil back to where it belongs because I’m Empowered by the Creator of all. I’m doing my part to extend Compassion to the ones nonchalantly grazing and I’m doing my part to Speak the Truth…even if it sometimes hurt. I’m doing my part to Share the Gospel every time God opens the door for me to do so and I have no fear of the consequences when I do. As long as there is breath in my body I’ll be doing my Part and if the Living God calls me to do more, I’ll do that too. I’m on High Alert. The King is coming and One Day every knee will bow in His Presence. My Part is to do whatever I can do to “save” as many as I can from what’s in store for those who don’t believe. The way I see it, that’s what we’re ALL called to do.

My Mission has been Refinforced this morning and God used a small herd of deer to do it. I KNOW what He’s called me (and you) to do and I am Armed and Ready Supernaturally for the Job. I BELIEVE I have all that I need to do what He’s called for me to do and I believe that my Supernatural God has equipped me with access to Supernatural things to authenticate that I am a child of the Living God and to show the dark world what I’m Made of. I have no fear of what’s in store and I don’t fear the consequences of boldly proclaiming my Faith. The way I see it, if I should die for Serving the One who died for me, there is no greater honor.

How about you?