DEPOSIT - Jan. 2, 2008

Ever forget to make the deposit? You have every intention to stop at the bank on your way home or during your lunch hour but for one reason or another you get distracted and forget. Of course the next day or two you go about your business doing "business" and before you know it, financial confusion erupts! You then learn the value of actually making the deposit.
In 2 Timothy 1:12, Paul made this confident statement. "...for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day."
Committed means deposited, totally entrusted. Paul understood that until there's an actual deposit there can be no withdrawal. On any level this is true.
With our family
With our job
With our friends
With our church
I guess the mercy of God might allow us to "run in the red" for a season. Thank God for His mercy but the best thing for everyone is to begin making those spiritual deposits everyday.
Many live life on the constant edge of spiritual bankruptcy. They come to church week after week for the purpose of making a withdrawal. After a while, their spiritual reserve begins to deplete and never knowing the importance of sowing to the Spirit on a daily basis.
Don't "run in the red" spiritually in 2008. Not only for your sake. Read 2 Timothy 2:2. "And the things you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit (there's that word again) these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." We must have a full tank spiritually for the sake of others around us. That's what it's all about anyway. Don't enter this new year in the red. It's time to begin making a serious investment into your spiritual bank account. Somebody you meet today, will really appreciate it. Hopefully I was able to drop some change into your account today but don't forget to make your own deposit.
Pressing Toward The Goal,
Sam