Today’s Scripture: Deuteronomy 8-11
“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” – John 15:4
The key to making it over the long haul in the Christian life is to make it over the short haul. Today is all we have. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow never comes. When you go to bed tonight and then wake up, what day will it be? Not tomorrow, but today.
In 1 Corinthians 10:12, Paul says, “If you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” That’s a warning about not walking with God today.
Some time ago, I was speaking at a Christian college and a student asked me if working too hard was the cause of burnout. My response was that hard work is not the cause of burnout. Burnout occurs when we become so occupied with our work that we don’t have time for God.
In today’s passage, we see God’s warnings to His people not to forget Him when they enter the Promised Land and settle down. Deuteronomy 8 opens with these words: “Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land.” He tells them to remember the way He led them in the desert for the past forty years and to let that be a motivation for their continuing love and obedience to Him each day.
As Christians, our walk of daily discipleship is one of dependence on God. What I did last week, or what I hope to do tomorrow, is not important. What’s important is whether or not I walk with the Lord in faith and obedience today.
Prayer
Lord, keep my heart and mind focused on today and what You would have me accomplish. Amen.
To Ponder
If a person will walk with Jesus today, he will walk with Jesus for eternity.
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