Not because it’s pleasant or happy or easy, but because this moment is the only moment you’ve got. Every past moment is irretrievably gone. It’s never coming back. If you live there, you lose your life.
And the future is always out there somewhere. you can spend an eternity waiting for tomorrow, or worrying about tomorrow. If you live there, you likewise will lose your life.
This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you. Most of all, this is the moment that matters because this moment is where God is. If you are going to be with God at all, you must be with him now—in this moment.
That is why the psalmist says, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
That is why the prophet says God’s mercies never fail because “they are new every morning.”
That is why the apostle Paul says, “Be very careful, then, how you live—-not as unwise but as wide, making the most of every opportunity.”
- John Ortberg (God Is Closer Than You Think)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
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