Psalm 39:4-5 "Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered-how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath."
Yesterday I turned 40 years old. To some turning 40 means that I am over the hill. Others think that my best years are behind me. As I reflect on the time that I have had on this earth, I realize that there are so many more things that I have yet to accomplish. I know that if God chose to take me today I would be ready, however I know that there are people who I am responsible for. I have a daughter who I want to walk down the aisle. I have a son who I want to see become a great man of God. I have a wife who I want to grow old with. All of these are small experiences though, compared to the lives that God has preordained me to affect.
When God called me to serve Him, I didn't realize the affect that I would have. If I were to ask God how many people He wanted me to talk with I think He would say "One, Just one more." That is truly the way I need to look at those around me. My goal should not be to reach thousands of people. Instead, it should be to establish a relationship with just one. Those ones will turn in to as many as God wants, however in my mind it should be just one.
I don't know how long my life will last, but I know that while I am here on this earth I need to be just reaching out to "one, one more."
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