"You’re cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It’s now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you , but now you’ll never know.”
DEUTERONOMY 25-26
17You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. 18And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands..(26:17-18)
MARK 15:1-32
25It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. [28]a 29Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30come down from the cross and save yourself!” 31In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! 32Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
JOURNAL
In reading in Mark the crucifixion of Jesus was really not a big deal at the time. I'm sure as people passed him and spit on him and laughed about his claims...they assumed and thought that this was just another crazy criminal. There were others there being crucified just like Jesus. I'm sure they had other things on their mind...more important things. For that day and time crucifixions were just part of the culture...no big deal. Yet what was occurring was an event that would change history, the world and the future for every human, yet very few gave it a second thought.
Today is the most important day in history, because it is the only one that can be changed. Who knows what is in store, however it is here, happening and it is a gift. I don't want to miss all that God has given me in the next 24 hours. Today God has granted me life and the ability to think, teach, influence, lead, love. Today, this moment, is most important. Be present, be grateful, be diligent and make it count.
In reading in Mark the crucifixion of Jesus was really not a big deal at the time. I'm sure as people passed him and spit on him and laughed about his claims...they assumed and thought that this was just another crazy criminal. There were others there being crucified just like Jesus. I'm sure they had other things on their mind...more important things. For that day and time crucifixions were just part of the culture...no big deal. Yet what was occurring was an event that would change history, the world and the future for every human, yet very few gave it a second thought.
Today is the most important day in history, because it is the only one that can be changed. Who knows what is in store, however it is here, happening and it is a gift. I don't want to miss all that God has given me in the next 24 hours. Today God has granted me life and the ability to think, teach, influence, lead, love. Today, this moment, is most important. Be present, be grateful, be diligent and make it count.
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