10 and 10

                                                             


             What was the last 10 years of your life like? Was it hard? Exciting? Luxurious? Did you have many friends? Did you party? Did you bring anyone to Christ? Did you seek Christ? What or who did you put first?
             The last 10 years of my life have been an exhilarating ride. I have been at the top of the roller coaster hill and then the bottom. I even went through several loops and corkscrews in that time. Sometimes I wanted to complain and other times I wanted to sing. What about your last 10 years? Really, stop and think about it. Just for a minute. Maybe, pull out a piece of paper and write down your age today at the bottom and your age 10 years ago. Then try to fill in the major events in your life. Marriages, births, baptisms, deaths, moves, new jobs, etc. Now add anything else you can think of. To the far right of the page, starting at the top then working your way down you could put notes about what was going on. Emotions, states of mind. How about where you were in our walk with God? Does your walk with God seem to correlate with  your state of mind, emotions and your general well being?
             The last 10 years of my life.....hmmm I will be doing my own personal timeline when I am done writing  this and maybe even leave it in my bible to refer to it later. Maybe you could leave it in the memo section of your cell phone to refer and ponder on when you have a free minute.
              Now, here is the question, did you have a plan written down for what you wanted to have happen for the last 10 years? The bible says we don't know what tomorrow will bring. James 4:14
It says,
" Do not boast about tomorrow, for you  do not know what a day may bring forth." 
Proverbs 27:1


However it also says,
Proverbs 22:3   "A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. "

Here you see God says to prepare for what is ahead. We need to ask Him and seek what he would want  for our lives. He wants us to be a light and example to the world. Psalm 31:19 
We are to use our blessings to bless others. Proverbs 22:9
I am not talking prosperity preaching here. I am speaking about having plans for your life in order for you to have a game plan. 
^{Proverbs 16:3} "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. "

Then, be flexible. Be ready for God to do with you what he wants to do. You need to pray and study his word to make that game plan. Then commit it to him. 

In James 4:15 it says to be flexible to God's plan. "Instead, you ought to say, IF it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 

             What about your next 10 years? After looking at the last, see where you could have lived your life more to glorify HIM. Where could you have reached out to help someone else to see HIM.

If God blesses you with 10 more years on this earth, He must have a plan, a hope for you to follow. A path. He'll work the path you choose but, wouldn't it be great to work the path He has chosen? So rather then being tossed in the wind the next 10 years, sit down pray and ask God to show you what you should be working towards for this time He has given you here. Write it down. Look at it and try to really pray over the things you feel led to do, to seek, to work out.