To paraphrase this passage, God is saying to us “I have set before you life or death, my blessing or the curse. . . today (now) choose
life that you may live, by loving Me, by obeying My voice, and by holding fast to Me; for I am your life . . . “ In this passage
“today” refers to the now. Let’s look at the idea of “now”.
The Now
“Now” refers to an infinitely small segment of time that contains
only the present tense.
Now does not contain any past.
Now does not contain any future
Now is the only time you have.
Now is the only
place choice can happen
Now is the only place you can have life
The Not-Now
The not-now has only two dimensions - the past and the future
- It has no present.
The enemy of God would rob you of the now by focusing you on the past in self-pitty, bitterness, unforgiveness,
resentment etc. or focusing you on the future through fear of what might happen; he would have you continually asking, “what if” to
keep you afraid of the future.
Choose Now
God created us for relationship. Now is the only place of relationship
and fellowship - with God, with others and with yourself. You can’t have a relationship with someone in the future or in the
past. Now is the place you live, the place of life, the place of being available to God for His purpose in your life. Now is
the place where you discover the next most needful thing God has for you.
Jesus said, I came that you might have life... That
life only takes place in the present.
The whole of the Christian walk including Three Dimensional Christianity, Simpleness, Nothingness,
Puppiness, Featherness, and Nowness all happen in the Now (see my DVD and some of my other pamphlets by those names).
God
would have you fully present in the now.... available to him, responsive to him, obedient to him. He communicates with you only in
the present... He loves you in the now. You can only love God in the now. You can love others and yourself only in the now.
Now
is where you touch he heart of God, see His face, know his heart, know his love, discover His will for your life , walk in obedience
and finally be changed into his likeness. Choose Now.
© W A Larson
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