Author: Wayne Brady
Congratulations on another day. Today is a remarkable day in the chapter of your life. It is not only the culmination of many years of living but the adventure of a moment in your life that has never come before and will never come again.
There will be many thoughts of the future, of the present and the past. Finding the right niche in which to place these thoughts may cause some consternation to some. You would wise to remember that the past is gone forever, the future here is not guaranteed, so you are always living in the present.
All the accomplishments you have garnered on this journey are to be savored and guarded. God has given you the wisdom for this journey, protected and guided you safely along the way. As you move forward in life, you must listen to God’s voice as He directs you to avoid the dangerous detours that may draw your attention away from Him. God placed a champion inside of you and put an amazing destiny along with it. You must always live like tomorrow may be the last day of your life, but work like you will be here for many years to come.
In one sense of the word, this day is like any other. The sun rises, the winds blow, rain falls, rain does not fall; people are born, they laugh, they cry, they dance, they die. “Chronos” time is as it was in the beginning and will be until the end. Today is like any other day. But today is also different, fresh and new, like no other day. It is a Kairos moment of opportunity that has come and will pass in a fleeting moment. It is a passage from one season to another. Today is a gift to you from God. I pray that you will have grace to see it and seize it.
Your arrival is a passage, a completion, an inauguration and I thank God that you have met the challenge and kept the faith to the commitment of your life. You are to be commended for the success of your journey thus far, that you have kept your focus and direction with strength and endurance. You have gained knowledge and understanding and God has granted you wisdom to use these attributes.
Today, you pray for your tomorrow. Another door has been opened to you to another time. As you have kept the faith in the past, you must keep the faith as the future unfolds. You must keep focus and clarity in front of you to understand your purpose and the courage to respond and step toward that purpose. You are here because God has not completed His purpose in you. Your time is in His hands and each day He breathes another breath of life into you. And with each breath you receive, you thank Him and request yet another breath for the coming day. With each breath you will whisper back to God promises He made in His Word beginning with psalm 118:17, ”I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord.” God is good all the time and all the time He wants to continue the blessings coming into your life. You must remember Romans 8:31…"If God is for you nothing can be against you" (paraphrase).
WOW!!! Can it get much better? It always does. Then pray Psalm 103:1-6 and rejoice as you catch a glimpse of the five promises in this passage. Then you would do well to rest in in the finished works of Jesus on the cross. And as you rest, remember 2 Corinthians 5:21 indicates that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!!! Now only believe.
PRAYER – ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith, where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love,
For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying we are born into eternal life.