Digging Deeper – November 7, 2023
How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
James 4:14 (NLT)
Make the Most of Today
It’s easy to get so preoccupied with the future that we miss the opportunities God gives us each day. Life is fleeting, and death is inevitable for all of us. Despite this, our culture is busy trying to disguise the aging process. We color our hair, inject Botox around our eyes, and look for some miracle potion that will give us a few more years. Some people even go to the extreme and freeze their bodies after they die in hopes that some future medical breakthrough will provide a cure for their particular death-causing disease and enable them to live again. But the reality is that nothing will keep any of us from the ultimate appointment already on God’s calendar.
The Bible says, “In Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them” (Psalm 139:16). If you have placed your faith and trust in Jesus Christ and have followed Him faithfully, your appointment with God can be a means of rejoicing, not fear.
PRAY:
Lord, thank you for the gift of life and for every breath that you have gifted to me. Help me make the most of every opportunity for You and your Kingdom.
Steve Roach serves as Pastor of Spiritual Growth for NorthStar Church. He lives in Acworth, Ga., with his wife, Amy, and his four children.
