The gun fired and the year has started. We are already into the second day! I am sure you have a list of things that you are going to straighten up, change and do differently, as all of us do.
So let’s get this year going. Let’s see some risk taking. Let’s see some transformation. and most importantly, let’s take advantage of every opportunity that we are given to bring glory to Him!
“So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NASB
Two interesting observations about some of the first people to experience the Christ.
One group could not stop talking about it
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.” Luke 2:20 ASV
and the second group decided they would leave a different way then the way they came:
11 After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way. Matthew 2:11-12 NASB
So after experience Christ this Christmas, will you keep him on your lips? Is it time to go another way?
Well lookie here. Transformed from that boring thing on Friday!!
And so should it be with us, each day changed from a boring selfish person, to someone who emits that light of the Father.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16 New International Version (NIV)
It was such a nice day yesterday afternoon that I decided to walk back to the garage to pick up the car, instead of taking the shuttle. It’s about a 20 block walk through parts of town that are in various stages of renovation. But it was a delightful day with mild temperatures and the glory of the sun beaming down. I had noticed this sticker in an office window a few weeks ago, so I this time I stopped and took a picture of it.
That sticker is from Chattanooga Stand, which is a non-profit whose work was to encourage people to think about the city and to create new ideas and changes that move the city into a positive future direction.
But hey , I like the message. Because it’s so fitting. If you want change, you can’t just wake up tomorrow and be like – “hey, I am different now!” No, you future depends on what you do today. It’s the same idea that I expressed earlier in the week with the braces post.
So what do you want to be like to tomorrow? Start that today.
2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:2 New International Version (NIV)
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