Opportunity

Okay…which thought will I share this time??? Well, let’s dish about missing the point. Let’s dish about missing opportunities. Let’s dish about misguided focus. You know, in this life we must continuously review our motives, our desires, the purpose of our efforts because it is oh so easy to be sidetracked from God’s true purpose for us and our daily actions. How often have I missed the opportunity to accomplish something great in a real, tangible moment because I’m focused on accomplishing something great in a future moment? This has probably happened more times than I realize. I want more. I’m sure many of us have shared this thought, this feeling. My question is this: Are we missing moments to be more, have more, do more,

TODAY because we are blindly striving for TOMORROW?

 

Now, I am a strong advocate for setting goals and dreams…and working hard to achieve them. However, I would like to become more sensitive to the moment I am currently in, as well. The Bible gives us many references to support the principle of taking advantage of the moments and opportunities before us RIGHT NOW. Do we realize that how we handle this moment, directly affects the next moment? Would you believe that if we glaze over today, we miss crucial preparation for tomorrow, thus risking tomorrow ever happening?

 

Let me further expound on my thoughts. Matthew 25:21 explains how we must first take care of that which we are given charge over TODAY in order to be found capable of more on TOMORROW. If I drive a 25 year old car, but I don’t wash it, don’t change the oil, drive it hard and reckless, just totally care nothing about the vehicle, then what proof do I have that I would treat a 2011 model any better? If I’m lazy on my job, half doing my work because it’s not the job I want…why would my supervisor entrust me with more responsibility, a promotion, the job I really want? Duh….

 

I mean really…I spend my days frustrated over what I haven’t achieved or the plans that I am diligently working on but see no fruit bearing…well, what am I doing regarding those things I have a measure of control over, those things I have already attained? Jeremiah 29:11 clearly describes how God already has a plan laid out for us. Matthew 25 tells us to not worry about tomorrow and how things will work out then. I think it is up to us to see it through. Why are we so busy tripping and over doing it for tomorrow when the moments of today are neglected and suffering? If a lady was pregnant with her second child, would she really spend all her time and money on the unborn baby yet totally neglect the child she already has? No, she nurtures and reassures and cares for the child she already has as she does the same for the child on the way. Perhaps she realizes that: 1) the new child is no more important or valuable than the first and 2) the lessons I learn with the first child increase my preparedness for the second.

 

Let us think of our lives this way. As we strive to make more of our lives, do more with our lives, let us not neglect the lives we currently have. In those consuming moments of frustration over what we aim to attain, let us not overlook, neglect a prime opportunity to succeed in THIS moment. Let us not miss this moment, these opportunities because we are so invested in the moments and opportunities of the future. I am learning that when I fully invest, commit, in this moment, take full advantage of today; then I am, in essence, better prepared for what is destined for my tomorrow.
 

Much love….