Day 158

Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14; 1 Kings 12:1-33; 2 Chronicles 10:1-11:17.  “Honor God in Your Youth”

I have a problem.  You may very well have the same problem.  I often find myself thinking that it will be easier to honor God and make Him more of a priority in my life down the road.  If I can just survive until some day in the future, life will be better and easier, right?  Not necessarily.
The older I get the more I realize that if I don’t make the changes now, I probably won’t do it in the future.
Solomon exhorts his readers to “Honor God in your youth” (Eccl. 12:1).  We are not to wait until we are older to take God seriously, but rather we are to do it today.  
A while back, my wife and I enjoyed the movie The Last Holiday.  In that movie, the lead character made a decision to enjoy life and start working towards her dreams.  As you can imagine, her life changed drastically and she finally truly enjoyed her life.
It took a doctor’s report that she was dying in order to change her life.  What will it take for you to really start living today?  When will you make God and His perfect will for your life a priority?  

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?