So many people do not like where they are in life. They thought they would have been further by now. They do not like the house they are living in. They do not like the job they have. They do not like their family or spouse. They feel stuck – maybe even sliding backwards. When I ask such souls what they want they always say something to the effect of – I just want to be happy.
Friend, does this seem to describe you? If you want to experience the blessings God has prepared for you before time (Mt.25:34) then you need to start doing the good works He has prepared for you before time began (Eph.2:10).
This begins by you letting go of the past so that you can see and perceive the “new things” springing up before you.
Isaiah 43:18–19 (ESV) — 18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
So, here is your “to do” list to a blessed life:
• 1st decide to stop wasting time – instead, start redeeming it (Psalm 90:12).
• 2nd instead of dreaming about the good things you are going to do, start doing them (James 2:14-17).
• 3rd press forward – do not stay stuck one more moment (Phil.3:12-14). And, after you have taken the first step, praise God, then take the next, and the next, and the next, etc.
Father God, thank you for setting me on a new path today. Help me to keep pressing on, ever upward, towards Your light.
