Remember the teaching that you were given and that you heard. Hold firmly to it and turn from your sins. If you don't wake up, I will come when you least expect it, just as a thief does. A few of you in Sardis have not dirtied your clothes with sin. You will walk with me in white clothes, because you are worthy. Everyone who wins the victory will wear white clothes. Their names will not be erased from the book of life, and I will tell my Father and his angels that they are my followers. (Revelation 3:3-5 CEV)
God has a design for our lives. I make that statement in the plural, "our lives," because there are some things in our walk with God that are the same across all of humanity. God wants to walk with us. God lets us decide whether we want to walk with Him or not (through the blood of Jesus Christ and the power of His Spirit). In the end, God will give us the desires of our hearts, whether good or bad. We don't know when "the end" will be. We will be tempted to turn away from God - probably many times in our lives. We need to keep choosing Him throughout our lives. When we do, this is victory.
Since this picture is the only one with eternal implications, it is the highest priority for our days...every day. When you have a battle to fight in your mind or heart where the tempter is trying to draw you away from God: fight the battle. Don't wait. Don't put it off. You don't know when He will return, so waiting till tomorrow may not work out too well. When you have someone close to you who doesn't have God in their lives: talk with them. Make sure the talk is filled with grace as God tells us to do, but follow His instruction to talk with them now. Don't wait till tomorrow...you get the idea.
It's incredibly important in our time alone with the Father to realign your priorities to match His priorities. This may change your whole day! The task list you had laid out may not be at all what He had in mind. Be careful to ask for His Kingdom to come, for His Will to be done here on earth just as it is in heaven...especially in your day...this day...the day you have been given.
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