On a crisp October morning, our local newspaper featured a stunning photo of sun-drenched aspen trees whose leaves had turned autumn gold. The caption read: FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY. The irresistible invitation to take a drive through the mountains to savor the brilliant colors conveyed the urgency of doing it quickly. Autumn leaves that are golden today are often gone tomorrow.
Our opportunities to obey Gods promptings are also fleeting. James warned against an arrogance that assumes endless days will be available to carry out our good intentions. You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. . . . Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin (4:14,17).
Is there an act of kindness or encouragement that God has urged you to do for someone in His name? How long has it been since that first prompting? With so many demands on our time, the urgent tasks demand our attention while the important things can be postponed. But a time will come when even the important can no longer be done.
When we follow Gods urging with our action now, today will be golden.
Good Morning Mayor and all...
Great Devotional this morning.
I am reminding myself over and over the next few weeks that God is in fact in control!!!
Waving from a record breaking hot Los Angeles...
Polly
Thank you for this lovely Daily Bread, Mr. Mayor. I enjoyed it so much I forwarded to one of my good friends just now. Good lesson, for sure.