From the time we wake up until the moment we fall asleep, there is decision after decision to be made. There is a question we all live out, including what we will do in the next 24 hours.
The world offers plenty of options. I can reach for my phone, go to the fridge, work out, turn on t.v., cater to my kids, the list can go on and on, looking different for each of us.
Today’s Reading: 2 Corinthians 8,
8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
Today, test the sincerity of your heart. Where will you put your time, mind, heart, actions, and words? Paul was reminding the Corinthians and us to
7. excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Sadly this test I have and will fail over and over again. I am so grateful for His grace. I pray that I look to Him every day from the moment I wake up to the moment I fall asleep. Even though the world may paint the picture that we serve ourselves, I pray for the heart and sincerity to love others. To point everyone to God, who sent His son to die for us all to walk in the grace provided to me today.
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.