What an entirely hectic day! However, I officially completed my first semester of school and learned how to make Sister Bowman's bread (which is ultimately Sister Meredith's bread). Manna from heaven!
So on with the devotion today. Our lives need to be a living sacrifice. We cannot rest on our "great deeds" of the past or hope that we will do some great thing in the future. First, our perception of both the past and the future our distorted by our personal, rose-colored glasses. Second, our past is gone -- dead -- and our future is as yet unborn -- ours is puny, linear existence. Neither past or future are living or alive. We must not say to the Lord, "I will die for you" because we really don't have any idea what our experience will be in even the next minute, let alone the next year, or ten years, or beyond.
We must live today. "Today" is the only point in time when we touch eternity. It is our greatest source of power. But the key is that we must LIVE. Make plans about future, yes. Pray about them to confirm they are right and true, sure. But you must take action today to let the Lord know we are serious about our sacrifices for Him.
So today I finished something and learned something new. I lived! But I have to LIVE tomorrow, and the next day and everyday, one day at a time.
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