Due occasionally is an assessment of our days, but resist the fascination of it. The fascination is there, and it pulls hard the attachment we have to time and to what occupies. Set not your heart upon itself. Intrinsic to a heavy heart is a heart too oft communed with by its self-same soul. Also, put not time in your heart. God hasn’t. While He has made everything beautiful in its time, eternity He has put in our hearts. Time is just the beautiful wrap around it.
A joyful heart knows that eternity has been put in it, knows its occupation, and knows its heritage. The task through all our myriad tasks is to rejoice and to do good in our lives. It is our God-given task. He means for us to be occupied with it, no excuses. “I can’t rejoice until this or enjoy because of that” are excuses we give when we forget our heritage.
Our heritage is what God reserves for us. It is, in part, the power to enjoy what God gives, to accept our appointed lot, and to rejoice in our labor. It is the gift that fits the task. Both God-given, God Himself is the correspondent defending our heritage and occupation. When tried, we may here direct our appeal and receive the verdict of the triune God, “Joy and heart shall ne’er depart!”
Wonderful proclamation! It is of God! Rejoice!
Author: Carolyn Roehrig
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WOW...this is really, really good too. It is actually very timely. I know of a young man who might benefit from this.
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