Report card time

Great is your faithfulness. Your mercies are new every morning and I am sooooo grateful for that. I wrote something on this blog roughly one month ago about seeking opportunities to bless people with my words when I speak to them. I just reread that post and I have to admit, I allowed the enemy to quickly snatch away that seed. In the past month, I have become more, not less, consumed with my own goals. I have become engrossed with pursuing sales and promotion at my job. I have barely made the slightest effort to ease someone else's burden. Oh well, at least it's only been one month. It's not too late to correct my course.
I think the secret to making a sweeping change like this is keeping the right objectives in mind. When I wrote the post, my objective was to please God and allow Him chances to reward me as He sees fit. When I went to work the next day, I got uptight about finances and somebody else's performance. I completely lost sight of pleasing God. My objectives turned carnal instantly. But I thank God that He has shown me mercy by gently showing me my sin (what else do you call it?) So I begin again.
This too is another secret that I've recently learned. As long as it still called today, we can begin again. If we see that we have been missing it in a certain area, we can always make corrections. Each new day brings another chance to write our legacy. I need to be reminded of this frequently because my enemy often tells me that too much water has passed under the bridge and changing my ways now won't make any difference. That's a lie and I refuse to allow it to live in my presence.
Here too is yet another secret. Once we've recognized that we've been believing a lie, we can banish that lie from us forever. We can deny it the privilege of living in our world. We may not be able to kill it completely, the day when all our enemies are finally cast down has not yet come, but we can refuse to allow them live in our presence. We can cast them as far as the east is from the west. That is only a sliver of the power we possess as sons of God.
I am enjoying a new found treasure of power and possibilities. Reading that blog from just month ago has reignited my commitment and reminded me of my greater goals in life. This is a great day. I will remount and attack this dark world with new fervor tomorrow. Praise God for His mercies that are new every morning.