Daily Devotional - January 20
"So teach us to number our days,
that
we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."
Psalm
90:12
On a yardstick, the life we live here is 1/8th of
an inch. The rest is the life we will live in eternity.
A
person who truly understands the shortness of this life in comparison
to the one to come, will seek to know God, find the truth, and to
discover the will of God in his/her life. This is wisdom, investing
here for one's life there.
How can it be that the children of the
Kingdom have less wisdom than the children of the world? The children
of the world spend years and years investing in their retirement so
that when that time comes, they will be comfortable. How much more important is the investment of this life for the next. Those who realize how short this life
is in comparison to the life they will live in eternity, will spend
their years here preparing for their future - there. This is
wisdom.
The wise will seek revelation from God on the way to
do it. For each person it will be different. Each one has a unique
makeup, a unique gifting, a unique call, and a unique purpose, which
can only be aspired to through prayer, asking God to reveal what HIS
plan and desire is in one's life, with a total willingness to forego
their way for his way. It may be far different from what they
thought. But once that decision has been made, an unexpected joy will
enter their lives as they realize how personal his plan for them is.
He has fitted them with the exact makeup and personality appropriate
to their call, so that walking in that call will not be a burden but
a joy.
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