Easter is getting closer and we are in the season of preparation for Easter called Lent. Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. Perhaps you have heard this saying by Charles Spurgeon:
“Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as you can!”
For the Christian, we do good not because we want to obtain approval from God, but because of Christ obtained approval for us on the cross. This week we continue to say yes to God, we receive the benefits of being refreshed and restored because of our obedience to Him. Here is your dailyeword.
This season of Lent we have been talking about ways to make each day more meaningful before Easter arrives. In recent posts about Lent, I shared that now is a great time to say yes to reconciliation, reaching out, receiving revelation, and recycling (by paring back). Traditionally, Lent is about saying yes repentance and learning to serve others. Most of the time when we talk about any of the these topics, we think about the work that is involved. Being self aware and taking an inner inventory, takes effort. We can put ourselves in the pressure mode, and then we begin to feel guilty – because we didn’t do, or haven’t done what we planned to do. Sometimes that is a paralyzing position. Instead of just doing something, we do nothing, and forget to find a way to say yes to God. During this season before Easter, let’s get rid of excuses. When we offer excuses and we miss the opportunity to be God’s hands and feet to our world. So keep your heart wide open. Find the way to look inwardly and keep readjusting your heart, at the same time find a way to put your love for God into action. You will find that the one who refreshes others will be refreshed in the process, or as it says in Prov 11:25,A generous man/or woman will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. Giving time, energy, money, whatever is work, but it is refreshing work! So get refreshed as you:
“Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as you can!”
Be encouraged today to say YES!
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