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It's fun to watch small children
play. They seldom get bored because they can make a game out of almost anything.
Recently Ben, Daniel and the neighbor kids spread an old discarded tablecloth
at the end of our drive and sat on it under a tree. In a few moments three of
the youngsters were pushing their tricycles up the hill and racing past the gathering
place. The playing was very low tech but they were happily and completely involved.
It seems hard to believe that anyone
wishing to serve the Lord would ever be bored or without something to
do. Everywhere we look
there are suffering people and lost souls. Paul exhorted Titus to get
the potentially lazy
Cretans (cp. Titus
1:12) on the ball. "Our people must learn to engage in good deeds
to meet pressing needs,
so they will not be unfruitful," he said. They needed to be occupied!
What are you doing with your time? If the Lord
returned suddenly, how would He find you occupied?
Look around you this week for that one
extra "good deed" you could be involved in so you too can be occupied
and fruitful. Ask the Lord
to make you a good steward of your time and give you direction so that
you might be serve
Him. He loves to have requests like that!
All Scripture references are from the New American Standard Version unless otherwise
noted.
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~ Occupied
