By Ada Brownell
Sometimes a person uses his debit card, or writes a check,
and discovers there is no money in his account.
In the same way, when people need to know how to do things
of importance or how to find the answers to spiritual and even life’s problems,
if they haven’t deposited knowledge, there is little in him or her to draw
from.
Things of value must be deposited into the spirit and brain
like money in the bank. Worthless deposits produce people who, although they
are still priceless to God, aren’t worth much to the world. Everything we learn
becomes part of who we are. We need to resist that which is harmful, and choose
knowledge we can use for good now and that will take us to heaven for eternity.
Jesus wants us to have an abundant life with many
blessings—not only for eternity, but here. He expects us to do something with the
many talents He’s given us, just like the old-time preacher who, during the
Great Depression, prayed for food and found a squawking rooster and a sack of
potatoes on his front porch. He didn’t have dinner until he took the chicken,
chopped off the head, plucked the feathers, cut the bird into pieces, and put
it in a skillet. He then had to peel and cook the potatoes, mash them, and make
gravy.
Unless you do something with your talents and the things of
God, you may go into eternity without doing anything of significance.
We have to study, practice, and then go out and do what we
have learned. Everything we learn is a deposit for the future, whether for good
or evil. What you put into your head determines what type of person you will be
tomorrow.
Peter wrote, “His divine power has
given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him who called us and given us precious promises that we could
have God’s nature in us, and escape the world’s corruption brought through lust”
(2 Peter 1:3).
Then Peter goes on to say, “For this very reason, giving all
diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge
self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness
brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness love.”
Ready or not, you’re going into your future. If you continue to do what you do now, what kind of future
will you have? Will you be the person you dream of being—or someone from
your nightmares?
Invest in yourself! The secret to abundant life is to latch
on to the supernatural dynamite power available from God, and let Him go with
us on this trek.
“Study to shew
yourself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
©Copyright Ada Brownell 2016
Adapted
from Ada Brownell’s book, Imagine the Future You
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