Every Moment Is Valuable
(6 minutes)
But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see. Now, the "Lord" I'm referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever he is Lord, there is freedom. We can all draw close to him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into his very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
Every breath is valuable. Every moment is sacred. Why? Because Yahweh wants to use it to draw you closer to Him. He is pursuing us, in every breath we take, and His heart is to remove the veil between us and Him, so we can see. This week we're going to go on a journey with Abba to learn about honor, seeing the value that He has placed inside of us and the people around us. But it has to start with this understanding: every breath, every moment is valuable to Abba. Like Pastor Tim says so often, there are no non-sacred moments.
How valuable is a moment? This scripture tells us. "But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see." A moment with Abba can change everything. You turning to Abba today with an open heart, just for a moment, can change everything.
Pastor Tim mentioned the story of the woman with the issue of blood at our family gathering yesterday. She had struggled for twelve years with constant bleeding. This story speaks to how powerful it can be to turn to Abba with an open heart.
Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, "If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed." Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my robe?" His disciples said to him, "Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, 'Who touched me?'" Be he kept on looking around to see who had done it. Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over." (Mark 5:24-34)
Plenty of people came to follow Jesus that day, but only one turned to Him with an open heart. This is the difference between just casually following with no expectation of encountering Abba and turning your whole heart to Him in a moment, believing that this moment could change everything.
What are your expectations for this day? Are you planning to casually go about your Monday and just make it back to bed this evening? Or are you expecting to encounter Abba in a moment that could change the course of your entire life and the generations coming after you?
Beloved One, Abba can do so much with a moment. Will you see your day differently and turn your whole heart to Him? He has promised that the veil will be lifted and you will see.
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