Craig Smith • New Year, Same Challenges, Same Choices • December 29, 2024

Good news for any year – God is interested in all of your

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*“What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, that you examine him every morning and test him every moment? Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?” (**Job 7:17-19**)*

💣 Challenge #1: Taking

Reveal Answer

for granted – “Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth…” (Psalm 39:4-5a)

My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy. (Job 9:25)

Choice #1 – Where will you focus your important priorities? This day or someday?

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)

💣 Challenge #2: Taking

for granted – “Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. ‘For whom am I toiling,’ he asked, ‘and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?’” (Eccl. 4:7-8)

Choice #2 – Where will you invest your best moments? People or productivity?

💣 Challenge #3: Taking

Reveal Answer

for granted – “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” (Gal. 6:9-10)

Choice #3 – How will you be defined? Contributor or consumer?

💣 Challenge #4: Taking

Reveal Answer

for granted – “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth…But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven…For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt. 6:19a, 20a, 21)

Choice #4 – Where will you leave your ultimate legacy? Your kingdom or God’s kingdom?

What needs to change on “this day” so that you hear these words on “that day”…

His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”(Matt. 25:21)