Adjustments
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
Today’s Morsel: The story is told of two ministers who were standing along the road with a sign that read, “Turn Around.” But cars passed them by and just kept going, and soon the cars would just disappear. After about an hour of this, one of the ministers turned to the other one and said, “Do you think we should change our sign to say that the bridge is out?” At what point in your life would you say that you need to make some adjustments in your life? That adage that says, If you always do what you have always done, you will get what you’ve always got, is true. We shouldn’t live our lives in a rut. We should make changes in our lives as God’s word enlightens us and opens our understanding. When Jesus told and explained to Nicodemus that he must be born-again to see and enter the kingdom of God, I think that Nicodemus went home and made some adjustments. Scripture says of Nicodemus: “Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.” (John 7:50-52); “And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.” (John 19:38-40) I believe that he heard something from Jesus that caused Him to realize who Jesus was, and that truth calls for change. If we say that we have been with Jesus, and know Him, then there ought to be some adjustments in our lives that will make us more like Him and be ready to represent Him no matter where we are. What changes and adjustments is Jesus showing you to make in your life?
Sing: He’s changing me, my blessed Savior, I’m not the same person that I use to be. Well it’s been slow going, but there’s a knowing that someday perfect I will be.
Thought For Today: Change your mind and your body will follow.
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