Tia Price

I woke up today thinking about  the various New Years messages, resolutions, goals, etc.  When I listened to 104.9 FM on the way home from work they were discussing seting realistic New Years’ goals/resolutions and not getting discouraged if you don’t succeed in the first month.  At New Birth the New Years message was about Waiting (active) and Stoping (Stand still, Trust God, Obey God, and Praise God in advance).  The messages were great but it seems that everywhere I turn in the New Year people are looking at the whole year, the end of year 2010.

When think about what God wants for me I can’t think of a whole year (and I am a goal setter).  God has layed it upon my spirit to think smaller.  Shorter than a month, a day, even an hour.  he ahs asked me to live for Him “by the minute”.  Living for Him by the minute seems a whole lot easier than making plans for a tomorrow that He may not give me.  It is realistic.  When we wake up in the morning we don’t know what the day will bring.  We can plan and direct and visualize all we want to but we do not have that power.  God does.

The only thing we can control is the choices we make minute to minute.  You might even say second to second.  Do I listen to the Holy Spirit when he tells me to take a different route to work or do I allow habit to determine my route?  Do I stop and speak to the person God has pointed out to me or do allow “how I might look to others” to push me to keep walking?  Do I follow my classroom management plan exactly or do I talk to the student and discover that his family is struggling at home?  True change is all about immediate choices.  In this minute are you going to make the right choice… or the wrong one?

This minutes choice for me:  Get ready for school:-)