Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “A life that matters”
Our Bible verse for today: “Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.” Psalm 39:4 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “Resolve to live your life well.”
Today is the last day of October but it is the first day of the new week. Therefore I have chosen to begin the theme for the month of November today. In just sixty-two days we will begin 2017. New Year’s is often when we take time to evaluate our lives and consider habits we would like to break, goals we would like to achieve, and things we would like to change.
I personally believe that is good. New Year’s resolutions are helpful. I think we should periodically take stock of where we’re at in life and identify areas in which we need to make improvements and changes. I also believe it’s important to have dreams and goals that we’re working on. A focused life is a life of purpose and direction. A lack of focus usually results in a person wandering through life with no real direction and consequently achieving little.
In Psalm 39:4 the great King David was prayerfully reflecting on the truth that life is short and therefore we need to be thoughtful and intentional about how we spend our days. He was asking God to help him better appreciate the value of life and it’s relative brevity. There’s a great truth there. Life is short, so don’t waste it.
I don’t know about you but I want to live a life that matters – a life that makes a real difference in ways that count. When it’s all said and done I want to know that I lived well and that I did the best I could with the time and opportunities I had.
To help us think about plans, goals, objectives, and changes we would like to achieve in 2017, we will spend the month of November considering how we can be sure we’re living a life that matters. In the Bible God gives us all the guidance on this issue that we will ever need. Therefore each day we will examine a different passage of Scripture and consider how it applies to living life well. I’ll then offer thoughts and suggestions about how we can go about incorporating those things into our lives.
A word of caution: Change takes time, and we can only effectively focus on a few things at a time and still do them well. Therefore each of us will want to select no more than two or three, and maybe only one, area in which we’re going to focus on making significant improvements in the coming year.
I look forward to learning and growing with you.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 