A huge thing God has taught me while I've been out here is the power of living in the moment. In my past I realize that I have spent and wasted so much time desiring the future instead of living in the moment. A small example; when I'm sitting in the prayer room I have often consumed my thoughts with what I know comes after the prayer room. Lunch! On a larger scale; I love this place so incredibly much. Often I can let my mind just wander to the glorious life of possibly being a Forerunner School of Ministry student and how amazing that will be. I have been so guilty of forgetting to stop and love the Lord in this moment right now. What about even remembering my past? The Lord sure took me down a unique and intricate path in the past few years. How about my childhood? How did that help form this moment right now? I hate thinking about the possibility of looking back to this exact moment in five years and wishing that I had enjoyed this moment for what it brought to me. I want to be a woman who with confidence looks at my past and knows that I did all I could to glorify God as much as I could in every moment. That starts in this moment...right here, right now. The truth is our lives are simply full of moments. Why not change your life and change this moment?
Let's dive into the bible and see how Christ lived from moment to moment. How about Christ's birth? I believe God the Father was looking forward to the end of His son's time on earth fore sure however I highly doubt that He forgot about that baby who was born in a stable. I can see God staring in to that baby's eyes and remembering the initial conversation that took place between Himself and His Son that this situation had come to be. I can see Him gazing upon His Son who was still covered in blood and the umbilical cord still attached to His slimy stomach and feeling so much love and pleasure that the given moment brought Him. Stop and think about this! Do you think the 'nativity scene' was cute and pretty? Imagine yourself laying on a bunch of hay, giving birth and your midwife is your newlywed husband. What a terrible picture! I believe God enjoyed that moment perfectly. In the perfect ratio He gathered what was taking place, what had taken place and what would take place.
How about Luke 8? In verse 41 it talks about the man from the synagogue who fell down at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come and heal His daughter. I highly doubt that was some half hearted begging. What we often fail to notice is that after Jesus set out to help this synagogue ruler He gets distracted from verse 42 all the way to verse 49! Jesus decides to have a discussion with a woman who has haemophilia along the way. Now let's put my father in the place of the synagogue ruler and one of my family members as the one dying. Now maybe it's just my dad but he wouldn't exactly be thrilled with Jesus' decision to search through multitudes to see who had touched Him. However Jesus saw this as perfect. At that time the Lord found pleasure and it glorified Himself to stop His mission and bless a woman.
We could keep going on and on with Jesus' stories of living in the fullness of a moment but stop and think about how different our lives often are than how Jesus lived. I wouldn't doubt if majority of us would be far to caught up in our minds to catch some of the Lord's divine appointments for us. The more you study the bible the more you realize that God is one who greatly desire's the end of the age however He is not one who simply lives in the moment dwelling on the future alone. Personally I am on a new journey of stopping and thinking about all this moment can do. How much can I possibly glorify God in this moment? Taking into consideration my past, present and future I want to glorify God. A heart of thanksgiving is truly the beginning of this beauty. Take a moment...thank God for your past that brought you here, the beautiful moment you are currently having and the hopeful future you know Christ has for you. Let God truly take pleasure in your life. Amen :)
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