From this moment on, when the Spirit convicts and I feel moved to turn that entire span of time from this moment until some vague unspecified time in the future we label “My Life,” or “My Future,” over to God, I will stop. Yes, stop. Reread that first sentence a few times if you must. See I think we have become somewhat lazy here. We are convicted that something needs to change, that we need to give something over or something up to God. Instead of changing or surrendering that one aspect by surrendering it moment by moment, we say “Here’s my entire life,” or “Here’s my entire future.” What is our life and future but the sum of present moments, and the choices made in those moments strung together until it builds a future that is a life. C.S. Lewis said something to the effect that the present moment is when we are the closest to touching eternity. The idea being that we are no closer to God than in the present. So from this moment on I will not say, “God here is my life, here is my future. Take it and do whatever you want with it.” That seems so passive anyway. Instead I will ask a more active question with this change or conviction in mind: God what do you want me to do with this moment? or What do WE do with this moment? Quite a difference huh? Try it the next time you feel God prompting you to make a change. It will be more difficult, but eternally more rewarding. You wait and see.

God Bless,

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