Philippians 4:4-8 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will
say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The
Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the
peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is
true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is
lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything
worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” (NASB)
Hello,
So it is that time of year……the NCAA tournament! There are
always those team who are left out. You hear the experts talk about what they
did or what another team didn’t do – and then you hear it subtly tossed in “They
did everything but win their conference tournament, what more could you ask?”
Well, I guess we could ask them to win their conference tournament! The harsh
reality is that there was 1 way each team could have been sure to get invited –
win their conference tournament.
In our lives there are many things out of our control. To
see the opportunities in front of us the awareness and understanding of what is
in and out of our control is critical for our success. The next thing to do is
to then act on the things in our control. The biggest things to me that we are
in control of is how we choose to spend our time and with what attitude. Are we choosing to spend time with God in
prayer and reading? Are we choosing to invest our time in relationships with
people? Are we choosing to spend our conversation time encouraging others and
sharing the gospel? What is our attitude as we spend our time doing these
things?
I think both of these things – time and attitude are covered
in Philippians. I challenge all of us to look at what is in our control, and
execute the game plan well!
Have a blessed day,
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