March 3 “Salvation Is Nearer to Us Now Than when We First
Believed” (Romans 13:11).
Dr. Thomas Troeger of
Yale Divinity School tells about waking up in the intensive care unit after
surgery. Groggy, not fully awake, he heard a loud pounding. Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam. “Oh, no! Hospital
construction. That’s the last thing I need. Dear God, make that pounding stop!”
Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam. Sometimes we
don’t get what we ask for. Becoming more fully awake, he remembered what the
surgeon had said. “We’re going to put an artificial valve into your heart. At
first it will make a loud pounding noise, but it eventually it will quiet
down.” Dear God, cancel that last prayer!
Then Dr. Troeger
brought home the point of his story. Every beat of your heart is a gift. Every
beat is a grace from God. “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness”
(Matthew 6:33). What are your priorities in this season of your life? You’re
only one heartbeat away from eternity.
CTRL+ALT+DEL: “Search me, O
God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any
grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Amen. (Psalm
139:23-24)
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