The Importance of a Moment
I’ve been reading the book Kept for the Master’s Use by Frances Ridley Havergal. She wrote the well-loved song Take My Life and Let It Be.
She wrote Take My Life and Let It Be while staying at a friends house for five days. In the house there were people who had been much prayed for but were unconverted and then there were those who were converted but not rejoicing Christians. God gave her the prayer, "Lord, give me all in this house." The Lord answered her prayer. One night in her rejoicing, the verses to Take My Life and Let It Be kept running over and over in her head.
This little book, just in the opening pages, is packed with truths and are cause for much thought.
Take these words she has to say on the importance of a moment.
“…a moment has come and gone before we can even think about it.
Nothing seems less within the possibility of our own keeping, yet nothing is more inclusive of all other keeping. Therefore, let us ask Him to keep our moments for us. Only give us time, we think, and we should not be overcome. Only give us time, and we could pray and resist, and the devil would flee from us. But he comes all in a moment; and in a moment – an unguarded, un-kept one – we utter the hasty or exaggerated word or think the un-Christlike thought or feel the un-Christlike impatience of resentment.”
Have we really entrusted our moments to Him?
“It is not good saying “Take” when we do not let go. How can another keep that which we are keeping hold of? So let us, with full trust in His power, first commit these slippery moments to Him – put them right into His hand…”
It’s like the story of the man who was talking to God.
He said, "I can’t live for you God. It’s too hard."
God said, "Can you live for me one day?"
"No, I can’t live for you one day."
"How about one hour?"
"No, I can’t live for you one hour."
"How about one minute?"
"No."
"How about one second?"
"Yes! I believe I could do that."
"Then that’s how you do it. Just live for me second by second."
The importance of a moment or a second.
One Comment
mom2chris
I have had it before with pita bread strips or something like that at a Greek restaurant. But lately, I have been cutting cucumber slices and dipping them in the hummus for a nutritious afternoon snack. Or I use carrot slices. It's really good. 🙂