Live Free with Josh Howerton - Slowing Down In a Sped Up World | Ep. 232 | Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Episode Date: December 26, 2023

How many amazing moments do we miss in life because we are moving too fast? When we slow down and look, we can see the beautiful little gifts God gives us every day. Take a moment today to ponder the goodness of God and thank Him for the life He has given you. For more information, visit lakepointe.church/dailydrive

Thanks for tuning in to today's Daily Drive with Lake Point Church, a daily dose of God's Word for your morning drive. When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to change. For that reason, our prayer is that God will speak to you through today's devotional. For more digital content to feed your faith, visit lakepoint.com. Church slash daily drive. And now let's dive in to today's devotional. Hey, Mary, day after Christmas, everybody. Thanks for joining us on the Daily Drive. My name is Mike, and we're spending a few minutes each day this week just talking about moments, and we're trying to practice what Mary, the mother of Jesus did right after his birth. In the middle of all the chaos,

in the middle of all the uncertainty, it says this in Luke chapter 2, verse 19. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. I'm learning a few things about moments. from this brave teenage girl. The first thing I'm learning is that I need to soak in the moment. Then I try to rush past it, but to really soak it and savour it. I want to do more treasuring, more pondering, more reflecting, more times of gratitude and awe and worship of what God is doing in my life. I rush by way too many moments.

I told you yesterday, I'm kind of a basketball junkie, and I record a lot of games, and I grew up in Alexi's, in Kentucky, so I'm a big University of Kentucky Wildcat fan and I record all the games and one one game I missed, my son watched it live but I had to record it and he said, he texts me, he says, Dad, when you get home, there's this play

that's going to make you jump out of your seat and you're going to yell, oh my. How about, do I say that like this? Yeah, you say that a lot. So get home and I'll watch the game I'd record it and there's this play that happens where this guy steals the ball and he crosses somebody over and goes up and he throws down his thunderous dunk. I jumped out of my seat and went

Oh my, and Drew said, that was it. That was it. That was the play I was talking about. I said, do I say, oh, my. He goes, yeah, you just always saying, oh, my, oh, my. You know what I think God's been telling me? He's saying, bro, you don't owe my enough. You used to stand and take in a sunset and just go, oh, my God, you are so creative. You used to look at the first fresh-fallen snow and just see the footprints in it

and reach down and scoop up a handful and just see all the unique flakes put together, you would just go, oh, my. Bro, you used to watch the leaves change in the fall, and you see these brilliant colors coming out, and you just go, oh, my, you used to hold a newborn baby in your arms and just look at the perfect little eyelashes and fingers and toes. You'd just go, oh, my.

Mike, you used to stand in worship and church, and you'd just have your hands in the air, and you would just have tears streaming down your face, and it was like you were going, oh my, Mike, you don't owe my enough. You're doing life. But men, you're missing moments. I've had this in my office for a lot of years, and I have to read it repeatedly to remind me to soak in the moment, to not get so busy in life that I miss the moments. It's written by Frederick Beakner. It says this, listen to your life. See it for the fathomous mystery that it is.

In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness. Touch. Taste. Smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it. Because in the final analysis, all moments are key moments. And life itself is grace. Remember yesterday's history. Tomorrow's a mystery. Today's a gift. That's why they call it the present. Unwrap it today. Soak in it. Touch. Taste. Smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it. Treasure this day, pondering the goodness of God. Take some time to breathe deeply. And thank him. for the moment. And then you can send that blender back to Amazon. But have a great day. See you back tomorrow. Thanks for tuning in today. For more biblical teaching and worship,

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