Just Thinking

I was just thinking “What if God really didn’t care about us?” Would it change my life at all? As I began to ponder that question there were a few thoughts that came to my mind. The first, I would not have a job as a pastor — if God didn’t care because there would be no gospel to preach. The second, I would have no future — if God didn’t care because there would be no future. The third, I would be filled with fear because the world would have no absolute truth to guide human behavior and the world would be in chaos.

I am glad that I know a God who loved the world and me enough that He sent His Son to die for our sin so that the required sacrifice for the sin of the world would be make and paid in full. Therefore I have a gospel to preach, a future to look forward to, and a security that keeps away the fear that is perpetuated by a world that is lost to true purpose and meaningful life. I want that world to know what I know and I want to spend the rest of my life telling them about it. The journey of faith is such an awesome trip. I hope you are on that journey.

I was just thinking. And it brought about a little private worship service in my heart because I felt renewed, regenerated and wanted to rededicate myself as Isaiah did when he saw the Lord (Isaiah 6) in the temple. My words are as his: “Here am I. Send me!”