Devotionals

Gist of the Just

by PamFord Davis 
01/17/17
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How time flies!

Is it Tuesday already?

I ask you, where did the weekend go?

To be honest, I wonder where the last 50 years have gone.

Time flies when you’re having fun; it whizzes by.

Try to get a youngster out of the swimming pool.

‘But Mom, I just got in!’

Announce that it’s time to leave Disney Land.

‘We just got here!’

You acquiesce; it’s the last day of your vacation trip. And yet, it does not seem possible. It seems like you just arrived at your destination.

I believe you get the gist of the just…

Time flew for Jacob. No, he wasn’t having fun herding sheep. He was in love.

“Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, ‘I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.’

And Laban said, ‘It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.’ So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her (Genesis 29:18-20 NKJV).”

What’s time when you serve out of love?

“Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you (1 Samuel 12:24 NKJV).”