Check Your Preparation
- Larry Clair
- Aug 25, 2009
- Series: SonPower University
Check Your Preparation
Thought for Today
You’re having a dinner party Friday night. Your guests will arrive at 6:00 p.m. When do you begin thinking about your evening? What will your guests be eating? What will the centerpiece look like? How do you want your guests to feel when they step through the door? How do you want them to feel when they gather their coats to leave?
You have sacrificed so much time, energy, emotion, and creativity to make your guests feel important. They only see the results, not the pain of preparation!
King David says in 1 Chronicles 21:24, “I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.” As you prepare to meet your class this week, honor them with your preparation. Think what God will say when he sees your sacrifice as you do your work heartily for the Lord!
Quote for Today
“Prepare your hearts for Death’s cold hand! prepare
Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth;
Prepare your arms for glorious victory;
Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God!
Prepare, prepare!”
—William Blake (A War Song to Englishmen)
Scripture for Today
“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared” (Exodus 23:20).
Taken from Keith D. Johnson’s Teacher Training on the Go