What are you doing with now?

What are you doing with the now?

I'm a big proponent of forward thinking and marching through life with a clear vision for the future. That's how things get done and progress is made. However, we must remind ourselves that the building blocks of our future consist of what we are doing with the now. 

The now keeps changing, but our commitment to the now must stay the course. Moment by moment, and day by day, what we experience in the now is subject to change. Regardless of the circumstance, how we treat the now makes all the difference.

After all, the now is really all we have to work with. What's behind us is a memory, and what's before us is a dream. Our only meaningful option is to seize the now and do our best with it.

Wishing things were different or wondering what things will be like may be natural, but it will never prove to be enough. What wins the day and moves the ball is what you are doing with the now. That means translating the desires of your heart into purposeful action.

That takes risk. That takes sacrifice. That takes faith. That is the path of possibilities.

What do you hope to accomplish? Where do you want to go in life? How do you want to impact the world? Those questions are best summed up in this one question. What are you doing with the now?

Empower NBCA School of Ministry is something you can do right now to help you get to where you want to be. Nothing changes without a commitment to doing something with the now.