Time
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ Acts 17:24-28
Do you sometimes wonder what in the world you are doing with the time God has given? Do spend your time worrying about what your neighbor said about you, what the people at church think of you, or what that supposed friend is thinking even though they are not saying it? Is your time spent thinking more about how people can make a difference in your life than what difference you can make in other lives by supporting them? Or, do you think of how you are going to pay for the latest model of the latest "it" thing that is out there? When I read this scripture about God, one thing really stands out to me, and that is He "gives everyone life and breath and everything else." So nothing is ours and it reminds me how He so freely gives. So instead of worrying about those things that are not ours and we have no control over, why not focus more on seeking our Father and his plan for us. As the scripture says, He marks out our time in history, so He really has us where we are supposed be as long as we listen. This week let us think more about Glorifying God than Glorifying ourselves.
Have a great weekend.
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