Luke 19:42
“If you had known, even you, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes.”
What of Today’s Verse…
Jesus had entered Jerusalem in triumph, the city was stirred to its foundations; but a strange god was there, the pride of Pharisaism; it was religious and upright, but a “whited sepulchre.”
What is it that blinds me in this “my day?” Have I a strange god – not a disgusting monster, but a disposition that rules me? More than once God has brought me face to face with the strange god and I thought I should have to yield, but I did not do it. I got through the crisis by the skin of my teeth and I find myself in the possession of the strange god still; I am blind to the things, which belong to my peace. It is an appalling thing that we can be in the place where the Spirit of God should be getting at us unhindered, and yet increase our condemnation in God’s sight.
“If you had known” – God goes direct to the heart, with the tears of Jesus behind. These words imply culpable responsibility; God holds us responsible for what we do not see. “Now they are hid from thine eyes” – because the disposition has never been yielded. The unfathomable sadness of the “might have been!” God never opens doors that have been closed. He opens other doors, but He reminds us that there are doors, which we have shut, doors, which need never have been shut, imaginations that need never have been sullied. Never be afraid when God brings back the past. Let memory have its way. It is a minister of God with its rebuke and chastisement and sorrow. God will turn the “might have been” into a wonderful culture for the future.
Words of Wisdom
Do not delay…
We have all heard, and probably said, things like “I’m going to go on a diet when summer vacation is over” or “I’m planning to start my own business when I get some money saved.”
Planning is important, but it is action that gets things done. If you just PLAN to lose weight, or just PLAN to start a business, it never happens. If you wait until the time is right, or all the circumstances are in your favor, it never happens.
The way to make things happen, the way to follow your dreams, is to take action. Today and every day. Find something you can do right now, today, that will bring you closer to your goal. Do not put it off until the time is right. No matter how insignificant your action may seem, it gets you started in the right direction. Continue taking action every day and you start to gain momentum. Before you know it, you are in so far that nothing can stop you.
What have you been putting off? Life is too precious to spend it waiting. Take action today. Do your dream now.
