Don’t Squander Your Golden Opportunity. Part [6] 11/14/2024 (Morning thought)

Hebrews 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if you will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

When the Lord was just about to pluck myself out of the fire as it were, there was one other Seventh Day Adventist in the band who had backslidden just like myself. To him I spoke the words of truth, for a long time one night, but he never came to the point of giving his life over to Christ. Little did we know that his day of grace would be expiring not long after, as is so often the case.

Some time later, the leader of the group gave me an urgent call saying that the former S.D.A was in grave peril in the hospital, and that I should go quickly to visit him, because things were not looking good. We grabbed a couple of religious books, including Steps to Christ, and headed for the hospital. But when we arrived, he was already staring into outer space, and was unresponsive. Not long after he slipped into eternity, and thus, the next time he will be seen is when Jesus comes, in either the first or second resurrection, for we cannot judge his final end.

Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Hebrews 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Don’t Squander Your Golden Opportunity. Part [5] 11/14/2024 (Evening thought)

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

True humility is not doing what, in our finite minds we deem best; it is being willing to do what God sees best, even when we may not see eye to eye with The Lord. Thus, on numerous occasions, when Saul could have seized his golden opportunity, he resorted to doing things his own way, and this tendency soon became a habit, to the point where it became set like stone in his character. And after a while, it became a core part of who he was.

Thus, the tenor of the Bible is for persons to make the best and most of today, as our first passage says, for we know not what another day may bring forth. In the work of saving souls, you may have only one opportunity to tell others of Jesus, and that person’s destiny could hang upon what you did, or didn’t do. Thus, there are certain important points that should be considered as it pertains to “Not Squandering Your Golden Opportunity”

[Prophets & Kings pp 487] As the Lord co-operated with Daniel and his fellows, so He will co-operate with all who strive to do His will. And by the impartation of His Spirit He will strengthen every true purpose, every noble resolution. Those who walk in the path of obedience will encounter many hindrances. Strong, subtle influences may bind them to the world; but the Lord is able to render futile every agency that works for the defeat of His chosen ones; in His strength they may overcome every temptation, conquer every difficulty.

1st John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!