Not One Lost Moment
Following the will of God requires wisdom, clear thinking, and yes, even good old garden-variety common sense.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Following the will of God requires wisdom, clear thinking, and yes, even good old garden-variety common sense.
Make Hebrews 12:3 your aim: "Consider Him...so that you may not grow weary and lose heart."
If you are a hard-working, faithful employee, diligent, honest, productive, prompt, caring, working for a boss who is belligerent, stubborn, short-sighted, and ungrateful, and if you patiently endure that situation—that finds favour with God.
His faithfulness is unconditional, unending, and unswerving. Nothing we do can diminish it, and nothing we stop doing can increase it.
God never promised us a rose garden. He came up front with us and admitted that the arena of this world is not a "friend of grace to help us on to God."
Whenever I scope out the scene here where I live, I observe a large number of people who are pursuing the so-called successful life.
Discipline is one of the most hated terms of our times...right alongside patience and self-control. But have you noticed how often it comes up in the testimonies of those who win?
If you determine to live according to biblical standards, be sure that your enemy is seeking to devour you. You will encounter the darts of the Devil.
It was a wonderful day for me when I finally realized I don't have to explain the will of God. That's not my task. My job is simply to obey it.
We usually can do very little to change our lot. We can only change our reaction to our lot.