“One Minute to the Next” Devotional #31

 

            In one minute to the next anything can happen.  For example, one minute I can be having a nice time with all three of our children and the next it’s ruined because they’re arguing.  In one minute I’d be walking and hitting a great stride and the next minute I twist my ankle!  One minute I’m reading postings from my friends on “Facebook” and the next minute I learn that a good friend passed away.  My point is this, situations, our circumstances can change in an instant, from one minute to the next anything can happen.

            There have been tragedies that have happened in just moments.  Take “9-11,” for example, that happened on September 11, 2001 in Manhattan, NY, NY.  One minute all of the people that were at the Twin Towers were either working, talking, getting a cup of coffee, getting settled into their day and then the next minute a plane crashes into one of the towers.  Then in just a few more minutes later another plane crashes into the other tower.  More recently on April 15, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts, there was another tragedy that happened during the Boston Marathon.  One minute the runners are approaching the finish line and the spectators are cheering them on.  The next minute a bomb explodes followed up by another bomb just moments later.  The mood quickly changed from happy to sad; elation to shock. 

            Good things happen from one minute to the next too.  For instance, the birth of a long awaited child, vows taking place at a beautiful wedding, a college acceptance letter being read for the first time.  Life is full of memories, good ones and bad.  Some of these memories fade into the past never to be remembered again but there are others that will never be forgotten. Like the time Jesus died on a cross for our sins, John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”

            The definition of a moment is, “a brief period of time; an instant.”  2 Corinthians 4:17-18, “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (NIV)  The definition of temporary is, “having limited duration.”  These moments that we live through are brief, temporary, they will not last forever but eternity does.  Romans 8:18, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”  Glory means “splendor and majestic beauty.” 

            How do we wait for the splendor and majestic beauty to be revealed in us?  Psalm 29:11, “The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.”  Peace means “a state of calm; freedom from strife or discord.”  Fear on the other hand is “an emotion of dread or alarm caused by danger.”  To be afraid means to be fearful or apprehensive about an unwanted or uncertain situation. Psalm 27:1, “The LORD is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall I be afraid?”  Psalm 23:4, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”  Psalm 56:4, “In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid.  What can mortal man do to me?”  Mathew 10:31a, Jesus said, ‘“So don’t be afraid…” (All references are from the NIV) 

Remember the words in Ephesians 3:20, “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.” (NASB)  All we need to do is what?  Believe and trust just like a child, Mathew 18:3, “…Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children (trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving), you can never enter the kingdom of heaven (at all).” (AMP)  So, my dear friend let’s not worry about what will happen from one minute to the next and instead look forward to what’s to come.  Let us live out this life that the Lord has given to us to the fullest.  Enjoy every minute.  

 

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