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Greetings,
Today I want to challenge us as leaders regarding keeping thing fresh in our lives. When we hold on to the past, or when we long for a better future, we miss the moment of today. We must embrace the responsibility of each day and be scribes in the kingdom of heaven for the sake of those we lead.
Matthew 13:52 Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
To be a householder is to accept the responsibly of your life today for the sake of all who are in your world. The new treasures revealed are things that have never been seen, heard, or thought before and the old treasures are the redemption of things lost in the past. This includes things inherited from your past. A scribe in the kingdom of heaven is one who allows God to write upon their hearts and minds to create a world that is fresh for today.
We are not to think like those in the world. We are not children of the world. We are children of God. We are sons and daughters of God, and we were born to bring life to our world for the sake of those who are in or world. This includes our families, our friends, and our places of influence for the purpose of God in all things. To keep things fresh, we must embrace every moment and circumstance of our lives and live it for the glory of God.
Our calendar has one day, that day is TODAY. TODAY is the Day of the Lord and not the day of our old lives of self. We must hear God’s voice TODAY. To live in the past is to live stuck in some reality that is no longer true. To live with a longing for the future is to embrace not living for the sake of some better reality that is not yet ture.
Hebrews 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
“Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
The time on our watches and clocks is NOW. It is always NOW. If we embrace the day called TODAY and the time called NOW, we will find Christ in our world. We will be free from any bitter stronghold that is stuck because of some place in our past or stuck because of some unfulfilled promise in our future. We must hear God today to experience every first reality for our world today.
We can never return to a first experience, but we can always return to our first love. That is to say to God, here I am! I present my life to you to live with you TODAY! When we do this, we experience many more first experiences in our lives. Grace come on truth! Leaders lead others in this reality and this testimony in life.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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