Out of sight, out of mind. Not such a positive statement. --- Unless you are talking about the Royal Wedding Cake I put in the fridge so I wouldn't see it and eat my fourth piece --- Anywho...it seems I get wrapped up in my day to day life and I don't pay good enough attention to the life that matters. The one that will exist beyond what I make for dinner or where my kids play that day. The one to be my legacy. The one that will leave an impression on my children's children. The one that is important. Why is it that the important stuff gets pushed aside by the right now stuff? I read about women who have families and still have time to write books about raising families. They have a big picture idea and I am a "right here, right now" person. What do I do about this?
I wonder how Joshua felt. He had to be concerned with the big picture and the "here and now." His big picture of gaining the promised land and his here and the now of daily battles. How did he do that? In Joshua 23 verse 14 he says, "You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you had he failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed." He used that confidence in God's promises to ask for the day to day stuff. Did you know he asked God to stop the sun? And you know what...He did!!! Joshua needed more light to fight one of his daily battles. His here and now battle needed faith in his big picture promise. So He looked at his day to day as a way to get to his big picture.
Joshua's big picture was a simple idea that had a very detailed way to get there. Just like all of our lives. It makes sense to think about the day to day. Laundry has to be done, battles need to be won. But we need to keep the big picture as the goal. Joshua knew where he was going, he just wasn't sure how to get there. Just like me. I know I want my children to know God. I know I want them to love Jesus and know Him as their savior. So I know what I want and I don't know how to get there. So to that I say, "Ehh..." and know that my big picture is in God's hands. I will believe in all the good promises the LORD my God gave me.
