Be HERE. Now... Being Present

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What does it mean for you to be fully present..
what does it mean for the way you work? the way you spend time with others?
What in your life needs to go because it prevents you from being fully present?

Matthew 6:25-34 25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Here is that final verse from the Message adaptation:
6:34"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

Are you living your best life?

[Andyman_1970]

Well said....................

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what do you think about it? do you think being fully present is something we lack?

[Sephania]

I can only speak for myself. I do know that fear of the unknown ( tomorrow ) is a weapon that the adversary uses quite often, and uses it in such a way we sometimes throw out the window a very important proverb:

~Trust in the L-RD with all your heart: Lean not on your own understanding, In ALL your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.~ Pro 3:5-6

I plan out my day, but if something comes up that I know the L-RD wants me to do, I drop what I want and go and serve others knowing that He will return to me that time I need to accomplish whatever I put aside.

:)

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I plan out my day, but if something comes up that I know the L-RD wants me to do, I drop what I want and go and serve others knowing that He will return to me that time I need to accomplish whatever I put aside.
This reminds me of something a professor of mine taught about Yeshua...
As we can see through many of the stories in the Gospel accounts, he travelled constantly. He was always going places with purpose. Also, as a Rabbi, he taught his disciples throughout the day as well as crowds that would follow.

Perhaps he also had his day planned out. But what happened when he was inturrupted? even in the middle of teaching his disciples? He took inturruptions as a chance to teach MORE or heal someone or raise someone from the dead. He never took his own schedule or plan above the Father's. So this is what I want to do... always be open to when G-d inturrupts my plans. And when that happens, respond and be obedient, joyfully!

[visionary]

This reminds me of something a professor of mine taught about Yeshua...
As we can see through many of the stories in the Gospel accounts, he travelled constantly. He was always going places with purpose. Also, as a Rabbi, he taught his disciples throughout the day as well as crowds that would follow.

Perhaps he also had his day planned out. But what happened when he was inturrupted? even in the middle of teaching his disciples? He took inturruptions as a chance to teach MORE or heal someone or raise someone from the dead. He never took his own schedule or plan above the Father's. So this is what I want to do... always be open to when G-d inturrupts my plans. And when that happens, respond and be obedient, joyfully!The plans of mice and men... you are absolutely right, it is God's plan that is first choice in every moment. May we all have the eyes to see those moments and do His bidding.