I’m Serious

Psalm 119:37-39 AMP
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant,
As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You. 
Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! He is worthy to be praised (Psalm 18:3). Let us thank God today for His grace, mercy, and peace that is with us in truth and love (2 John 1:3).

I am thankful this morning for the presence of God. I thank Him for thinking it not robbery to continue to allow breath to flow through my nostrils. I know that God has a good plan for my life to prosper me and bring me no harm (Jeremiah 29:11). By faith, I trust that because I wait upon the Lord, He is renewing my strength and causing me to mount up with wings like eagles to soar in the purpose that He has established for my life before I was ever planted in my mother’s womb. I am sober, vigilant, and serious about fulfilling God’s purpose and plan for my life (1 Peter 5:8).

Sometimes we forget how serious life is. We as humans have the tendency to take for granted or overlook the reality that every single day of our lives is a tremendous gift from God. Not only is each day a gift, but the high-quality workmanship of human creation itself is a deeply intentional and detailed manifestation of God, Our Creator. God created us in His own image. Every detail of our being has been fearfully and wonderfully made by Him, and He is fully aware of every single aspect of each one of us. The very hairs of our heads are all numbered (Matthew 10:30).
 
Ephesians 2:10
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Experiencing the death of someone that you love, and even more so someone that loved you, is a powerful reminder of how serious life is. Only God knows the day or hour that will be our last (Mark 13:32). Let us not take God’s grace for granted by squandering the time we have on meaningless pursuits. Let us let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, because the wages of sin is death (Hebrews 12:1, Romans 6:23).

My encouragement today is that we all get serious about the specific purpose for our lives. Let us not waste another moment looking to the left or the right being distracted or delayed from the path of destiny for our lives (Deuteronomy 28:14).

Luke 9:23 AMP
And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]. Let us lay aside the superficial and ungodly matters in our lives and be serious about what God has called us to do. 

Be Blessed!
~Nina
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​Declaration: I am sober, vigilant, and serious about fulfilling God’s purpose and plan for my life.