Randy Leadbetter
What is your most important day? Is it the day you got married? The day you had children? The day you got your degree? What in the past are we missing? Those were the good old days. In the 30’s, times were tough – there were mobsters, soup lines, several blocks long, dust ball came through our country. There were no showers, went outside to go to the bathroom. In the 40’s, millions killed during the war. Would freedom reign? In the 50’s we had the fear of the atomic bomb. We thought we would be okay under our desk. In the 60’s there was great music – The Beatles, The Stones, but our President was killed. President Kennedy and his brother both murdered. Vietnam War – Detroit was burned down In the past we reminisce that there were 12 kids in every classroom, VBS was full. There was pain in the past. Regrets. Can’t get on to today. History of the Church – Israelites – in the wilderness they grumbled and complained – spent 40 years in the desert. What in the future do we have our minds set on? Is the future the best life ahead? The future ruins today’s goals? If I can only get past high school, then it will be real living. If I can get that job, life will be better. If I get married, things will be great. I really want children, then I will have a real family. Can’t wait until the kids move out of the house, then my spouse and I will travel, especially when we retire. The only thing was that person died before retirement. True contentment, true joy – Only God Knows Are we dwelling too much on the future? Don’t know future – it is overwhelming. So overwhelming that it ruins today. Are you living a life of fear? Paul in Philippians 3:13-14 - Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. We miss today because we dwell so much on the future or on the past. Today is the day we have. In II Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. I Corinthians 9:24 - Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Luke 12:16-20 - And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be? What am I going to do today for HIM? Matthew 6:25 - Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Our focus needs to be on today. How can I be like Jesus today? Corrie Ten Boom - Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. What can we do? Spend time with the Lord Spend time in The Word Quality time with spouse and kids Encouraging others Show kindness to others Give compliments Matthew 6:33 - But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. What is the most important day? Today is the most important day to give Honor and Glory to God
