Making the Most of Everyday...in Everyway

Good morning to all of you! I hope and pray that this week will be a week of blessing and joy for all.

Today’s text is Philippians 1:12-18. The Apostle Paul is imprisoned and is writing to the Philippians from prison. Paul was one of those people who apparently always tried to the make the best of every situation wherever he was…even if it was prison. Paul declared in Philippians 1:12-13:

Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

The Apostle Paul was actually not a stranger to prisons, he’d been there before. However, the fact that it was “clear” to the “whole palace guard” suggests that Paul had been “preaching” to them in one way or another. Perhaps the palace guard heard him praying…for them, heard him read a letter from a brother or sister of a church, heard him telling about his conversion to a fellow inmate, etc. Whatever the case may have been, it was “clear” to those around him that Paul was a disciple of the Lord. By being a witness in prison, Paul made the most of everyday, in everyway.

We may not be in prison, but we do meet people everyday wherever we go. Let us make the most of everyday, in everyway as we live for Christ.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for this day to make a difference in this world. Empower me to make the most of every moment of this day in every way. Amen.

By grace alone,
Pastor David