Our Bible verse for today: “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.” Matthew 25:21 (CSB)
Our thought for today: “Invest your life in things that matter.”
I have to admit that I struggled a little bit with the theme for this month. I didn’t struggle with whether or not this was the theme God wanted me to write about, I was pretty sure of that. Last week when I was praying and asking Him to give me a theme, this was what He gave me, and then He confirmed it several times in various ways. So I was confident this is the subject I’m supposed to be exploring this month.
Instead, I was concerned that it might seem repetitive to you. In the past year I’ve written about “Living with no excuses”; “Pushing through adversity”; and “A prosperous life”; all of which are roughly along the same lines as “A life well spent”.
And yet, the theme of “A life well spent” resonated with me personally and I was looking forward to exploring it because I really want it to be true of me. When it’s all said and done and I cross over into eternity, I want to see Jesus with a smile on His face and I want to hear Him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant! A life well spent!”
I’m thinking that’s probably true of you too. You want Him to say that about you too. And so, that’s what we will think about this month – living a life that is spent in ways that really matter. We will think about activities that make a real difference; people whose lives can be influenced by yours; staying focused; dealing with obstacles, disappointments and critics, and much more.
Maybe you’ve heard the story about the man who spent his entire life climbing the ladder of success only to get to the top and discover the ladder had been leaning up against the wrong wall. What a sad ending – getting to the end of life only to realize your years had been spent on things that ultimately didn’t really matter much.
Let’s resolve that that will not be true of us. Let’s invest our lives in things that really matter.
Oak Hill Baptist Church