Psa 25:4-5 Make your ways known to me, O LORD, and teach me your paths. (5) Lead me in your truth and teach me because you are God, my savior. I wait all day long for you.
APPROACH THE FUTURE WITH A PURPOSE
Ambitious people know what they want and are prepared to do all to achieve their goals. They are prepared to offer all their time, health, family life, social life any money to achieve these goals. They are motivated, energized and proud in what they achieve....... Is this you?
Perhaps you are not that ambitious, but still you have your own goals? Are you not planning ahead on a daily basis? What to do on easter weekend ( possibly saving for this a month or two)? Planning to buy a new car / house sometime / next year / later? Planning what to do when you retire? etc. etc.....Are we not again motivated, exited, happy in achieving these goals?
(From the ESV Study Bible Notes) Proverbs 1: 2-6 give the purpose and benefit of the book: it instills wisdom in the reader. The wisdom offered here is practical (instruction in wise dealing), intellectual (increase in learning), moral (righteousness, justice, and equity), and probing (to understand a proverb and . . . riddles). It is for all people, be they naive and ignorant (the simple . . . the youth) or already experienced (Let the wise hear).
In either being ambitious i.e. spending all your time in achieving your goals, or just being focussed on your own personal priorities and goals, if we do this through Jesus, then we have the promise that Jesus will smoothen our ways. Pro 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths smooth.
A different approach to planning the future
i.e. think about this; Why did Jesus come to live on earth? Joh 1:14 The Word became human and lived among us. We saw his glory. It was the glory that the Father shares with his only Son, a glory full of kindness and truth.
Recently I heard the following simple explanation: Jesus came to earth to seek humans, to seek you and me! Rom 8:24 We were saved with this hope in mind. If we hope for something we already see, it's not really hope. Who hopes for what can be seen?
Jesus also left with the following promise (our hope): Joh 14:2-3 GW My Father's house has many rooms. If that were not true, would I have told you that I'm going to prepare a place for you? (3) If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am.
Revelations is the prophesy of Jesus's return. In Rev 22: 17 the simple word "Come” is a prayer addressed to Jesus, who promises to come soon. Here it is an invitation to the spiritually thirsty, to take the water of life without price, for it is freely provided by God's grace. Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" Let those who hear this say, "Come!" Let those who are thirsty come! Let those who want the water of life take it as a gift.
The Spirit and the bride say 'Come"....
The bride (thats us) and the Spirit whom lives in us ( we cannot be separated, we are not separated) should call out to Jesus to "Come"!!!!
We should live our lives, plan our lives, prioritize our lives; every month, every week, every day, every minute,. Plan what we want to achieve considering that what is really really important. Mat 6:19-20 GW "Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal. (20) Instead, store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust don't destroy and thieves don't break in and steal.
Will this not, should this not... alter our planning, our goals?
Should we not approach the future with the purpose to meet Jesus?!!!
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