No More Snapshots.

                          

Bible reading calls, not for snapshots, but for time exposure. We aren’t to rush through our reading, ticking boxes and moving on, but to savour the word of God, meditate on what we’ve read so as to glean a deeper revelation. That deeper revelation should bring divine guidance and divine guidance is there to bring stability, practicality, discipline and organisation.

It only takes one individual with leadership and action to move the whole organisation, but we need to remember; direction, correct direction, is God given. You can’t “wing it” through life. You need to tune in to that higher power, the Great Creator God, if you want to see success.

Zero presence of the Divine, takes away the limitless possibilities in which we could be walking. And we’ll only be walking a successful walk, when we get into the word of God; not in snapshots, but in long time exposures.

It’s so incredibly easy to rush through our reading, rush into our day, rush through our day, so we can sit and watch T.V. at the end of the day. But what if success comes in the slow, deliberate movements of life, like that of the tortoise? You know; the race between the tortoise and the hare, where the slow, methodical plodding of the tortoise wins the day.

Imagine an organised day, a disciplined life; one of stability, one of dependability, with all the practicalities that can crop up, covered easily and effortlessly.

This is a life of limitless possibilities, but we’ll only get there with dedication and hard work. We only plough through our moments in peaceful joy, when we put God first, when we give Him our quality time, not our rushed time.

You see, we all start from somewhere. Few, if any of us, start from the top, but we learn as we go. Hebrews 11:33-34 states; “who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouth of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong...” All these promises are ours and we can become strong in any area of life, if we will but commit to strengthening those weak areas of our life.

Consistent effort is the key to successful living. Consistent effort in reading the word of God, putting that word into practice, by doing what that word tells you to do. Put God first, and all else will fall into place.