Now O'clock!

Hey there!  It makes me smile at the thought that maybe this post will help put an extra "pep" in your step today! :)

This is a simple post - a post to simply encourage you to trust your life "ClockMaker" aka God and redeem the time you've been so lovingly given!

It's NOW o'clock to trust the One Who made you and Who holds time itself in His hands!  NOW is the time to redeem for eternity!  It's NOW o'clock to say "no way!" to a spirit of fear and "yes way" to God's power, love and sound mind!  NOW is the time to live victorious!  It's NOW o'clock to be so in love with Jesus that others around you want to know the reason for your joy!  NOW is the time to be all of WHO GOD MADE YOU TO BE! {{{{{ARE YOU GETTING EXCITED YET?!!!!!}}}}}

"Just think,
you're here not by chance,
but by God's choosing.

His hand formed you
and made you the person you are.
He compares you to no one else.
You are one of a kind.
You lack nothing
that His grace can't give you.
He has allowed you to be here
at this time in history
to fulfill His special purpose
for this generation." by Roy Lessin

I was reading verses today with the theme of "time" and my heart was swelling with blessing as God reminded me of how important it is to redeem the time for His glory - in everything and trust His timing - for HE IS SOVEREIGN and is not confined by time!!!!!!!

These verses below are the best kind of fuel - take a moment and "fill up" for your day!!!  ;)

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." – Psalm 90:12-14

{Amen}

"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." -Proverbs 16:6-9

{HE is your step Director!!!!!!!}

"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." -Ephesians 5:15-17

{Walk wise in the will of God!}

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD:…" -Jeremiah 29:11-14a

{He loves you - soon very much!!!!}

"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." -James 4:14-17

{Don't waste this life, which today is a vital part of!}

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." -Ephesians 1:7-14

{THAT'S WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST!!!!!! WOW.}

"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.” -Proverbs 16:3 

 {What a promise of amazingness!!!!}

“But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. ¹⁵My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. ¹⁶Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. ¹⁷Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee:…” –Psalms 31:14-17a 

 {Trust your "ClockMaker" and give Him your time!}

"We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."

 -2 Cor. 6:2-10 

{NOW is the time to be a LIVING example of His salvation!!!!!}

BLESSINGS TO YOU DEAR ONE - living in the NOW o'clock time zone! ;)  May you choose this day to redeem the time for eternity!!!!!! (High five!!! Now go and be golden! ;)

~Bri