Store Up the Good Things in Life

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Updated April 23, 2024

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Drifting around the room, my gaze landed upon a hundred happy moments. The walls of our home will soon be bare as we trade our peak at the great lake for the view of a local corn field. Both beautiful, just different. We’ve rocked to the familiar lullaby of crashing waves for many years, and enjoyed the sight of blue water welcoming us home and sending us off each day. It’s a move we know God is before and behind. So, we continue to store up all the good things about our current home, all of the promises of God which have reigned these walls and declared His goodness, and we are ready to carry them to the next set of walls full of framed moments.

Let us be so full of Christ that we shine like stars, as Paul wrote to the Philippians.

We were meant to shine. Life within the love of Christ is walking brilliantly through change in such confidence it shakes a dark world awake. We are called to be salt and light, to shine bright. It’s not just for our good, to encourage us through hard times. Our lives are meant to bring glory to God, and the hope of Jesus to others stuck in the shadows of a really dark and hopeless world.

May we store up the good things of our lives – the good things of God’s provision, promises, and answered prayers, until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky. The good things have the power to light the way. Not just in our own lives, but others. We lead others out of the darkness and into the Light. Sometimes God cuts us into the fold and we realize it, but other times we don’t.

Every good thing comes from God. Jesus, the light of the world, arrived on the scene to a spotlighted star. When we bring our lives into the light, the Lord transforms us into a vessel of it. Taking refuge in the Lord leads us to the good things. Some may be obvious, others private and still more hidden. But we can be sure of this: God is good, all of the time. All of the time, God is good. When we seek Him with all of our hearts, we will find Him. We will find the good things to store up when we seek Him first.

Change isn’t easy. Our views in life change. The walls we call home move around. Each neighborhood, community, school, church, and workplace God leads us to has purpose. And that purpose is Light. Store up the good things along the way.

Meg writes about everyday life within the love of Christ at megbucher.com. She is the author of “Friends with Everyone, Friendship within the Love of Christ,” “Surface, Unlocking the Gift of Sensitivity,” “Glory Up, The Everyday Pursuit of Praise,” “Home, Finding Our Identity in Christ,” and "Sent, Faith in Motion." Meg earned a Marketing/PR degree from Ashland University but stepped out of the business world to stay home and raise her two daughters …which led her to pursue her writing passion. A contributing writer for Salem Web Network since 2016, Meg is now thrilled to be a part of the editorial team at Salem Web Network. Meg loves being involved in her community and local church, leads Bible study, and serves as a youth leader for teen girls.

Store Up the Good Things in Life

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