Friday, August 21
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IN "THAT GREAT, GITTIN' UP MORNING"
Steven Covey wrote a bestseller of the '90's entitled The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The book had many
interesting and very applicable principles of effectiveness in it, not the least of which was this: Begin with the end in mind. In
other words, know where you want to end up, and adjust your starting point-and every point along the way-
accordingly.
I don't know about you, but the "end" I have in mind is to stand before my Heavenly Father and hear Him
say these words: "Well done, my good and faithful servant." For every believer, there will be "that great, gittin' up morning" that
is judgment day, and on that day, I want to be deemed a good steward in His eyes.
While we are saved by grace, and
grace alone, every believer in Christ will be judged. We'll be judged not for salvation-that is ours in Christ, paid in full-but for
stewardship. What did you do with your time? What did you do with the gifts you were given? What did you do with your
resources and the precious relationships God entrusted to you? Our motive in all these areas should be to picture the end
clearly, and desire to hear our Master say, "Well done."
Memory Verse
II CORINTHIANS 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.
Read Through The Bible
Ezra 7-9