Foggy Mornings...

Well wouldn’t you know it!  Just as I spouted out yesterday about the glorious beginning of summer activities, we woke up today to an overcast sky with the temperature a good ten degrees cooler than the previous weekend!  Actually when I let the dog out just before retiring for the evening last night, I stepped out onto the patio and noticed that I could not see any stars, so I was prepared for the foggy morning.  With our proximity to the coast the overcast foggy mornings are in reality a regular occurrence during the summer months!  Nevertheless, it can easily put a damper on my enthusiasm for warm, summertime adventures.  But I guess there is a lesson to be learned here.

On Sunday the Pastor talked a little about King David and how he arguably could be considered the greatest king who ever lived.  He was known to have a heart for God yet made many mistakes throughout his long and profitable life.  David had a passion for life and stove to excel for the kingdom of God.  There were times when that natural passion got him in trouble, but he never backed down from God’s plan and purpose for his life.  He honestly and humbly went to God, repented, lived through the repercussions of his mistakes, learned his lessons and moved on.

2 Timothy 2:8 encourages us to “never forget that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead and is a descendant of David…” (1912 Weymouth New Testament)  I believe that Paul was trying to tell us to remember that Jesus is alive and well and is actively overseeing His covenant, His last will and testament right now, in the today of our daily lives – just like He did every day, in every step forward that David took.

2Timothy 2:1 tells us to “find your source of strength in the kindness (or grace) of Christ Jesus.”  (God’s Word ©) According to Robert’s Word Pictures the word translated strength literally means to “keep on being empowered” or to “keep in touch with the power.”  So through this you can see that this is to be a continual progressive process in our lives.  It is a new and current empowerment from God that builds upon the foundation and our experiences from the day before!

In simple terms… this means that we should never sit still in our journey for accomplishing the projects for God in our lives.  If we were to stop, we will get passed by and fall behind!  And believe-you-me there are plenty of opportunities that arise that will try and get you to want to stop going on…  Just like the foggy morning attempted to put a damper on my warm weather enthusiasm this morning!

So, what will it be?  Will you go on like King David and live your life with a passion and zest, not being afraid of the very real possibilities of a failure or two along the way, or sit back and rest on your laurels like King Solomon, get distracted, fall behind and end up in trouble and depressed?

Remember, Jesus is there to help you with a fresh empowering each day to live like David did!  That’s the way I aim to go!  And I think you do too!  Have a super day.  Stay in tune to His Word, and keep asking yourself… “What am I expecting today?”