Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “A life that matters”
Our Bible verse for today: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “Less is more”
We live in a culture today that would have us believe that more is always better than less, bigger is always better than smaller, and that the truly happy life is the one that’s filled to overflowing with people, possessions, activities, and achievements.
Folks, I’m here to tell ya this morning that it just ain’t so. More is not always better than less, bigger is not always better than smaller, and a life filled to the brim usually belongs to a person who is stressed out, overworked, and running on empty.
Years ago I wrote an article entitled, “Room for the Singing of Angels”. It was based on a theme I found in Howard Thurman’s book “Deep is the Hunger”. Thurman’s point was that if our lives are too filled with people, and things, and activities, and noise, then we’ve left no room when we can just sit quietly and listen to the music of heaven – the singing of the angels. In order to be able to hear the soft voice of God and the heavenly melodies of the angels, we have to be still and quiet. Such things are obscured and drowned out in the hustle and bustle of life. If you would like to read that article you can go to my website at www.JimMersereauBooks.com and click on the tab “Free Articles”.
As we approach 2017, and we give some thought to how we will invest our time in the New Year, we’re considering the activities we will be involved in, the people we will give time to, and the goals and objectives we will set for ourselves. I want to ask you to consider the great truth that sometimes less is more. Sometimes you can greatly improve the quality of your life by cutting some things out, rather than by adding things in. And that being the case, when it comes to deciding which people, activities, goals, and objectives you will keep in your life and which you need to cut out, you will have to make smart, Spirit-led choices.
We’re going to talk more about this in the days to come. For now I want to leave you with that thought that many times “less is more”. Often you will be much better off, and the quality of your life will improve dramatically, by cutting things out rather than adding them in.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 