Today begins the second half of the year. It could be that you haven’t done very well with the first of the year.
The good news is that you can begin today to make the most of your life before God.
What will you do for the remainder of the year?
Here’s a list of great things you can do beginning today.
First, plan to know God–I mean really know God. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. As you read Scripture, seek to experience God in your life.
Knowing religion and knowing God are different. Even knowing Scripture is not the same as knowing the God who reveals Himself in Scripture. The purpose of the Bible is to reveal God to you.
Second, plan to get your life under control.
Are their areas that are out of control–your weight, job, health, family, faith? Beginning today determine to start over and to take charge of the areas that are out of control.
Third, start living healthy. A healthy lifestyle would make a huge difference in the second half of the year.
What do you need to give up? What do you need to start doing?
We all need daily exercise and most of us need to change our eating and drinking habits. (Just a note: most Americans drink their extra calories through alcohol, soft drinks, or even sweet tea. One small change could make a significant change in your health.)
Finally, set a daily appointment with God. You need to meet with God regularly.
In order to get things done, we normally need to plan for it. Why not plan to meet God everyday? It helps me to have a specific place and a specific time to meet with God. By the way, that’s exactly the way I think of what I am doing. I am meeting God as I pray and read Scripture. More than anything, I need to know Him.
Setting the appointment with God will help you realize the importance of what you are doing and it will facilitate the first item on this list–getting to know God in the last half of this year.
May God bless you as you make the most of each day.
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Waylon,
I am among the many who read your messages with much appreciation. I’m grateful for the 36 years I was privileged to be on the NOBTS faculty and for the many students and colleagues I got to know. I retired in 2001 after I turned 65 and it was the right time for me. Margaret is now a full professor at Mercer, teaching English and creative writing and owns a small publishing company, Regeneration Press. I sing with the Sons of Jubal with over 200 men and write hymn stories published in Noteworthy, the newsletter of the GBC’s Department of Music and Worship. The SBC is no longer the denomination I knew growing up as a Baptist Christian. I identify very much with President Jimmy Carter. We have visited his Sunday school class several times. I’ve just finished reading the new biography by Randall Balmer. Last week I attended two days of the CBF assembly in Atlanta and found it a blessing, especially the message by Andrew Young and the closing Communion/Lord’s Supper Service. Thank you for being a blessing to me through your regular emails. Blessings on you and Martha and your family,–Harry
Harry, it’s always good to hear from you. Thank you for your affirmation and your friendship.