Take some Time and Think On These Things

Readers are plentiful, thinkers are rare. – H. Martineau

The greatest king in Israel’s history was David, the one who loved to ‘meditate’ on God’s word. Hmm!

Newspapers, magazines, the bible, novels, internet news articles, we read them all alike – we READ them. Just news and information to pass the time and give us information to share in passing conversations. We should never read the bible for quantity, but quality; looking to gain understanding, insight, wisdom, and application to our lives. The God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect did not intend for us to forgo their use, but very often when it comes to His Word and other life issues we do. We read the bible but we don’t think through or meditate on what we read. We see God’s awesome works but we don’t envision God in the process. From the tiniest insect to the largest beast in the field God is involved. From the minutest detail to the greatest issue in our lives God is involved. The question we must answer is how involved is He and what is He asking of me. Think on it friend.

Until tomorrow…

Pastor Botts

“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.” – Psalm 119:97-97

It's what you do with it

More important than the length of life is how we spend each day. – R. W. Murray

Jesus lived only 33 years but accomplished EVERYTHING His Father asked of him. How you ask, living day by day. Hmm!

We’ve all been to funerals and heard the story of “The Dash” indicating the number of years lived and what the individual did with those years. It is truly a great blessing to grow old and age gracefully; but still, to do so we must make each day count. And not for self but God’s purposes. God grants life one day at a time with no guarantee of tomorrow, but He does allow us to invest in tomorrow by how we spend today. It’s not so much the length of life, but the quality, and that is left solely up to us.

Until tomorrow……

Pastor Botts

“Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:20-21