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Tuesday... Yes, we do have moments of opportunity.


Proverbs 10:5 (AMP), "He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully."

Tuesday... Yes, we do have moments of opportunity.

There is so much that a Christ follower has in their life and His Spirit is without a doubt one of them. If we follow His promptings and His wisdom then we will see so many moments of opportunity in so many areas of our lives.

Proverbs 10:3 (AMP) says, "The LORD will not allow the righteous to hunger [God will meet all his needs], but He will reject and cast away the craving of the wicked."


Now Proverbs 10:5 says, "He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully."

Yes God through His Spirit and His wisdom gives us moments of opportunity and if we use them then He will without a doubt take care of our hunger and will meet all the needs of the righteous. Wisdom and His Spirit are tremendous tools in our life.

If we stop and think we will see there are so many temptations in our lives, like ignoring gathering during summer or sleeping during harvest. In other words ignoring our moments of opportunity. Yes, our job is also a moment of opportunity.

Now how we handle our temptations is so important in this matter of God meeting all our needs. If you notice it also says in verse 5, "He will reject and cast away the craving of the wicked."

At the beginning of Jesus' ministry Matthew 4:1 (NLT) says, "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil." And it was really tough. The devil did not hold back but Jesus did not give in to those temptations and verse 11 says, "Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus."

It is so important for us to see that God gives us moments of opportunity to do what will make a difference in our lives but the devil also will tempt us to ignore those moments of opportunity, and then say "I thought God was going to take care of us." And that is true of us.

Again, "He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully."

Proverbs 4 & 5 in the New Living Translation says, "Hands that don't want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you." A child who gathers crops in summer is wise. But a child who sleeps at harvest time brings shame." And verse 3 says, "The Lord give those who do right the food they need. But he lets those who do wrong go hungry."

So let's not waste our moments of opportunity that God puts into our lives. Yes, "The LORD give those who do right the food they need." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning
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