Only One Life

If you haven’t turned on the evening news anytime in the past few years, you are not missing anything; there is so much division in our country right now that it is downright depressing. Flags with really awful causes behind them are being flown, while our nation’s flag is being stomped on and disrespected; the definition of free speech has been so distorted that the people claiming their right to it are really taking away other people’s right; and the majority of Americans want freedom without understanding the sacrifice and responsibility that comes with it.

But I don’t think that the Church is acting much differently. So much time is wasted debating the same issues the world does while people are dying without knowing Jesus as their personal Savior. Watered down versions of the Gospel are being preached and gray areas are endlessly debated, then we wonder why Spiritual growth is not happening. We have been given the greatest gift, so why are we not proclaiming it to the world? Why is it not our mission to tell people about how we have been rescued from hell and saved for eternity with God, and how they can be as well? I think that a big part of the problem is, like the majority of Americans, we forget what we have been saved from; and when we forget the sacrifice, we lose sight of our mission and get off track. God saved us so we could be set apart for Him to take to Heaven someday. When we were drowning, He pulled out out of the water; is our job to then watch other drown while we sit in the boat? No! What about encouraging them, telling them how good a job they are doing keeping their head above the water? No, no, no! “To whom much is given, much is required.” We have been given life; it is required of us tell others about the great and awesome God who gave it to us. When God saved us, He gave us gifts to enable us on our mission; failure to use those gifts is a disservice to God and people. When I forget what I’ve been saved from and neglect to do what I was put here to do, I don’t act much differently from the people who disrespect our nation’s flag. I am here for a reason, and I only have one shot at life; I don’t want to mess it up any more than I already have.

“Only one life twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last” -C.T. Studd