Get the dust off!

 

You said you were going to change, but dust has already settled on your decision. Today, get busy, remove the dust.

We must continuously act on our positive decisions or they will gather dust quickly. 

If we are not careful, a spider web will show up in places we dusted and cleaned a few days ago. 

If we make decisions but fail to act on them, dust gathers on them. 

We have dusty Bibles that we have not read, dusty promises we have not kept, and dreams that are gathering dust.

If you put aside your decision to change or improve your life, that decision will gather dust and will soon be buried beneath good intentions.

 God has plans for those who trust him. He wants to build us in every way if we let him. However, we can’t let God’s plan gather dust.

Remember Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

As you begin this day, resolve to act on God’s plan for your life.

 Whether it's spiritual strength, improved health, or finances and continued grace, plan to act on your decision to improve.

Don’t let it gather dust! 

Flip Flops for God, Tuxedos for Proms

 

  Look at your schedule today and dress appropriately.

  Consider what you will do today and to whom you will present yourself and dress for that moment.

In 2005, the Northwestern University Lacrosse Team was invited to meet the President in the White House. President Bush had strict dress standards; jeans were forbidden and ties were required for males. When the lacrosse team showed up wearing flip-flop shoes it caused a national stir. – It appeared that the champions didn’t present their best selves to the President.

  It’s confusing to some who are frowned on for dressing casually for worship but formally for school prom or debutante ball.

  Should it matter? If we work in the church, live a Christian life, and love God, should it matter that we choose to worship in short pants or a bikini?

  When we worship we are responding to God’s invitation. It’s not an invitation to the White House but to God’s house.   

  We should present our best selves to him, spiritually and otherwise.

  It may seem right to dress the way we feel before God, but the way we feel and the respect God should command are often not the same.

  Today, whether you are going on a job interview, important meeting or worship service, remember to dress appropriately.

  Remember Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  You may not go to the White House today, but wherever you plan to go, let your outside reflect your inside and dress for success.