Klahrs Devotionals

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Today

Today is an address. It looks back to the past and forward to the future.

Today is the most important time in a person’s life.

Today is the only day we have to perform God’s will for our life. It is a day of decision for us. Following our decision, it becomes a day requiring performance, so that the will of God is accomplished.

Today, we set the pattern for tomorrow. The thief on the cross set the pattern for eternity by the request he made. He said, "Jesus remember me, when you come into your kingdom." Jesus replied, "Today you will be with me in paradise."

Today, we have the same power, to thwart Satan’s deceit, as Jesus had in his wilderness experience. We have the Word of God. Jesus did not use His divine power to defuse Satan’s temptation. He used the Word of God. It is the sword of the Spirit.

Today, we can walk with Jesus. Just as Jesus came into human history from the outside, so He must come into us by means of the new birth. After being born again the Spirit directs us, so that we will be conforming to the likeness of Christ. We manifest His presence in our lives, by our attitudes and responses to the circumstances, He permits to come our way.

Today, we have the opportunity of having our frustrations cleared, by concentrating on the person of Jesus Christ. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. As we walk in His way, accept His truth, we begin to enjoy the life and peace that are in Him because He said that He would be with us.

Today, our request for the provision of our daily bread will be answered because God told us in the Bible that if we seek the Kingdom of God first, all our other needs will be met.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. We have the opportunity to prove that today.