Take Inventory of Your Life: Taking Inventory

Today's Scripture
“Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord;” –
Lamentations 3:40 NKJV
Thoughts for Today
Business owners take regular inventory of their stock. These inventories can be a
useful business planning tool. They can reveal growth or decline in business
productivity and possible obstacles to growth. They can assist business owners in
making changes for a better future.
Taking a regular inventory of our life can be productive, as well. It can help us
answer questions about the direction our life is moving. Are we growing or
declining in character development? Are we moving toward our life goals, or are
there hindering obstacles? Are we growing in our relationship with God? What
changes do we need to make to move ahead more effectively?
Consider this …
Determine to take inventory of your life. Consider your relationships with God,
your family, your church and your friends. Be honest. Ask God to help you see
things as they really are and to face any inappropriate behavior without making
excuses for yourself.
God loves you and he wants to help you eliminate those things in your life that
may be hurting you—and others. But before he can help you, you must face up to
the face that these problems exist. Remember, Jesus is with you. He will not
disappoint you in your time of personal searching.
Prayer
Father, help me take a good, honest look at myself. Help me see what is pleasing
you … and what is disappointing you. Help me reorder my life under you. In Jesus'
name …