Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So, let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:7-9
We are quickly coming to end of the time we were given for 2022 and we are fast approaching the start of the time we are being given for 2023. This week’s devotional set is not a part of a series. It stands alone. It is hoped that it will help you wrap up this year and enter into the coming year in the best way possible.
Life is all about time. How easily our use of time gets out of hand. Our use of time could likely stand some improvement in the new year that lies before us. We all have a lifetime in which to live our lives. Each of us must ask the question, "what will I do with the time I have before me for living my life?" God wants our lives to count. It is for this reason he gives us his word and comes to us in it. He knows that on our own we will not use the time we have for living our lives in ways that count for eternity. So, he comes to us with his word both to rescue us from the plight of wasting our lives while we are here and to produce, in us and through us, a life that really does count for eternity.
Today's Scripture contrasts those who live to satisfy themselves with those who live to satisfy God. How we use our time will determine that harvest our lives produce. The outcome of using the time we have for satisfying ourselves is not a good one. The outcome of using the time we have for satisfying God is a good one. Whose time is it, anyway? Truly, it is God's time and we must spend it on him. "So, let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up."
Lord, I want a good outcome for my life, and I know that good outcomes come from you. So, I surrender the time I have for living my life to you. I know this is the key to making all my moments count and to having the final outcome be a life that counts for all eternity. I love you, I worship you, and I rest in you. Amen!
