Two panes

What are my worldly goals?  What are my heavenly goals?  Are they in harmony or conflict?  Am I naturally the same person twenty four hours a day or do I have to tell someone (including myself) the occasional lie to justify inconsistent behavior?  What will I tell Him on the day when “All” will be laid plain?  Do I love and seek accountability or use it as a membership card.  Am I including Men in my life who challenge me to be what the Lord intended or am I avoiding them to seek my own comfort?  Will I expose my own lie?

I still cannot believe that He chose to extend grace to me.  Yes I am saved and headed for eternity, but am I realizing the fullness of His blessing in “this” life?  What could possibly be of greater value than the things of God’s intended destiny, “His Will” for my life?  Fleeting vs. eternal, valuable vs. priceless, now vs. forever.  Lord reconfigure my thinking so that I may instantaneously make this valuation at all decision points in my life.  I want to maximize the potential for Your will in my life.  Let me achieve those things for which I will have “no” regret on that great day of our formal introduction.  Let me be at peace with my surroundings, my choices, my reputation and my history.  Increase my territories greatly and walk with me daily, keeping me from evil so that I cause no one harm (Jabez’s prayer)  Walk with me.  What a wonderful thought.  Praise His name.  Amen.

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