What Is The One Thing Today?

 

Everyone to whom

     much was given,

of him much

     will be required,

and from him whom

    they entrusted much,

they will demand the more.

                   Luke 12. 48

(We have each been entrusted

with gifts, abilities,

responsibilities, patches of ground

          and souls in our care.

May we respon faithfully

   to our divine appointments,

   no insignificant details

no division between great and small,

          but all profound,

even on the most "ordinary" day.

In Greek, entrusted means

   to place near and proximate,

to set before

   and commit to one's charge.

God has strategically positioned us.

What is the one thing

         we must do today?

To be faithful.)

O LORD,

Please help us to not be distracted

    but to be faithful to You,

not just in what is necessary,

   but what is faithful.

Help us to follow You

    right into this day.

And to use Your gifts to us

   in a way that brings

honor and glory to You.