DECIDE, AND TAKE ACTION

Part of my daily Bible reading is from a devotional entitled "The Word For You Today".  There was a particular daily devotion that caught my attention last week, and I'd like to share it with those that may not have had the opportunity to read it.  The author is not acknowledged in the booklet so remains unknown to me.



"For to everyone who has will more be given,
and he will have anabundance."  Matthew 25:29a

Every accomlishment starts with a decision. Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. Jesus gave us the parable of a businessman who gave one employee ten talents to invest, and he doubled them. A second employee received five talents, and he doubled them too. A third employee got one talent, but he buried it. Afraid of losing it, he failed to take even a modest risk. "The master was furious...It's criminal to live cautiously like that...you knew I was after the best, why did you do less?" (Mt. 25:26).

The Bible says we "walk by faith, not by sight" (2Cor.5:7). Unless you're willing to take prayed-over, carefully-considered and well-advised risks, you're not operating in faith.  And "without faith it is impossible to please God" (Heb.11:6). Jesus ended His parable by saying, "Everyone who has will be given more... Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." Your goal should be to maximize the investment on everything you do.

Ken Blanchard calls this getting the highest return on life.  It means putting all your eggs in God's basket (don't worry, He won't drop them!). To get more, you must use what God's already given you. When you step out in faith, God moves, and extraordinary things happen. John Mason says: "Not what we have but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose - these are the things that mar or bless human happiness."

When you limit what you will do, you limit what you can do. Think: if you don't act now, what will it ultimately cost you?

I really hope you enjoyed the read and are motivated to rise up and do marvelous and awe inspiring things in your life for the Lord.

God Bless and Press On
Larry