Life's Questions

As of the past few days I have been thinking about some of life's "most important" questions. I will not elaborate on those questions, because honestly it is different for each one of us. There is however this umbrella truth that each of us share, the uncertainty of the future. The truth is that no matter what ministry or career that God has called you to the future is always uncertain. The important thing to understand is that everyone struggles with this. The key to finding peace in this uncertainty is to understand the truths about God. Whatever stage of life you find yourself in you must always focus on today, because in our knowledge all we may have is today or in particular this very breath we take now, for the next is not promised. The key to joy is that we understand that in all things we are to glorify God, whether that be in contentment or in utter uncertainty. God's desire for your life and my life, is not for us to focus on the future so much as it is for us to embrace the moments we have now. God wants us to make disciples of all nations and that is the key to a joyful life in Him; to find yourself in whatever situation and live in faith and assurance that this is His will for your life. We will not and cannot ever know what our future holds, unless of course you are speaking with eternity in mind (of course you can know whether you will be in the glory of Christ in eternity or if you don't know Him you will of course spend eternity in His righteous judgement). The truth of the matter is that we seek to know the future because we lack the faith in Christ. I have to constantly remind myself that He has never failed, not once since He drew me unto Himself at 17. So the future is uncertain... Welcome to humanity, and welcome to faith. God has called us to live in a world of uncertainty and engage that world with the life changing gospel of Christ. So it is time for us to stop focusing on what we are not sure we will even happen and focus on what is truly important, that is taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. Taking the gospel to those who have not heard, to those we work with, to those we meet on the street, to those we workout with, to those we talk to at the laundry mat, I think you get the point. Our lives in Christ are not lives focused on what could be in the future, but instead how we engage a Christless culture with the gospel now. My prayer is that you and I would not waste our lives focused on what we will do with the rest of our time here, but instead we would focus on next moment for the proclamation of the gospel. To Christ alone be the glory! For His gospel is a life changing message not only of grace and mercy, but also of freedom and truth! The cost is great, but the reward is Christ.