Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Living Intentionally


“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.” (Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV)

Life has a way of just carrying us along, like a raft in a river’s current.  We sit back and go along for the ride.  But Paul warns us here of the danger of doing that.  Life’s current is full of traps and evil undertows.  For the follower of Jesus, “going with the flow” is not an option.

Rather, we must live intentionally.  We must seek out the Lord’s will for our lives, not just in the big decisions such as career or marriage, but in the daily, often mundane decisions like who will we hang out with or how will we spend a free evening.  As a digital photograph is made up of many pixels, so our lives are made up of many tiny decisions, most seemingly not very important, but together forming the very shape of our lives. 

To be carried along by life’s current without the paddle of God’s will is to live a wasted life.  It may be busy.  It may be challenging.  It may even seem to be important.  But it will be meaningless in the eternal scheme of things.  

Today, seek to know the Lord’s will for your life and live intentionally to fulfill it every day, because what you do on a daily basis will ultimately determine what your life looks like.  

© Jim Musser 2013

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