A bit of a buffet for the daily bread today, as I have a few things on my mind.
First, I am out of town all week, staying in Mountain Home with the family. They are having their VBS this week, Sunday-Wednesday, and every year they invite one speaker to come in and teach their adult class. This year it’s my honor. Pray for us while we’re away. I’ll be heading to Camp as soon as we’re done on Wednesday night, and I’ll be there until Saturday afternoon. Pray for that, too.
Second, my mind is on birthdays, namely my Joshua’s and my own. Our youngest son turned eight years old a few days ago and I can’t even finish this sentence. The time is just melting away like sand between my fingers. On that same day, the 23rd of June, I celebrated twenty-three years since I obeyed the Gospel (June 23, 2000). So much has changed since that day, nearly a quarter-century ago, but my commitment to telling everyone else how to do what I did, and be saved like I am, has not diminished an iota.
Finally, there once was a farmer who harvested a great crop. He decided one season’s reward was sufficient for life, and thus he stored it up and set to retire…
And I will say to my soul “Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thing ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”
(Luke 12:19)
He died that night.
So many people share in his overconfidence without even having a harvest. At least the rich farmer could look at some worldly thing and lie to himself, thinking he had time to relax and live off the fruit of his labor. On the other hand, many people have every sign pointing to their soon end, but they live in denial, saying that they have more and more time, when in reality, they have less and less.
You’re not promised a moment more than the present.
Get right with God, and be faithful.
~ Matthew