What To Do First

Each day is a series of choices.  But first thing in the morning the big choice of the day is "What will I do first."  Of course there are personal things to do but once these are taken care of, what will I do with my day starting now?  This is a choice.  I could continue to browse my computer beside my bed.  I could watch the TV.  I could tune in to recorded programs on cable.  Or I could pray, read the Word and connect with my Father.  This for me is the first thing I must do each day because otherwise, how could the rest of the day possibly go right?

We sing a song at church that has a line "Dancing with my Father God in fields of Grace."  What does that mean?  I know that Grace is unmerited favor.  It's what God does for us even though we don't earn it or deserve it.  I've always been a great one to show through talent and energy that I could do something and to keep at it until the result was achieved.  But that does not allow for the "fields of Grace" that I have been dancing in.  Eph 2:8 in the Bible says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is a gift of God.  Not of works lest any man should boast." So this grace is obtained through faith.  That means to me that I have to, through faith, expect this grace to be at work in my life.  While the use of talent and energy are important, they must be put to work in God's "fields of Grace." Just acknowledging that "I cannot do this by myself" is a step in the right direction.

Today I accept that my life is given to me by God through Grace and so I give this day to God to do whatever He would with my life.  Now I go on to the next thing I will do today.  Being led by God.