Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk . . . making the most of the time. —Ephesians 5:15–16
In our world of at-your-fingertips technology, the possibility of another incoming message is only moments away at any point of the day— and it’s become almost impossible to just sit down and enjoy life.
But that’s where the challenge comes in to experience each moment to its absolute fullest. To be “all there” wherever you are.
Whatever it’s time for you to do right now, do it with all your heart and for His glory. If it’s time to work, then put in a full day’s labor. If it’s time to take a break, then live this moment in prayerful gratitude to God or in attentive interaction with those around you. If it’s time to rejoice, let yourself go in celebrating the Lord’s goodness. And if it’s time to weep, then weep hard.
Don’t fixate on past failures or memories, and don’t relocate into future dreams and anxieties that are currently in reserve for another time. You’re here right now. Live like it—it is “the gift of God” (Eccl. 3:13).
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The Quiet Place: Daily Devotional Readings
©2012 Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
Ask God to help you fully experience and enter into the season and circumstances in which He has placed you.