October 26, 2018
The Investment of a Lifetime
Preaching is meant to stimulate
the mind and stir the soul. Phillips Brooks was a great American preacher who
could do both. He reminds us that;
"The greatest danger facing
all of us is that we may fail to perceive life's greatest meaning, fall short
of its highest good, miss its deepest and most abiding happiness, be unable to
render the most needed service, be unconscious of life ablaze with the light of
the Presence of God - and be content to have it so."
I do not wish to "be content
to have it so." I wish to burn deeply, feel acutely and live intensely. I
wish to invest my life in things that matter and that matter most; discerning
the difference between the urgent and the important, the distinction between
the good and the best. To do so, wisdom is essential. We need the wisdom from
the Word that we might walk in the world.
Eugene Peterson the well-known
Christian writer passed away this week at the age of 85 years old. He
understood the issue of the investment of a lifetime:
"We practice our death
by giving up our will to live on our own terms. Only in
that relinquishment or renunciation are we able to practice
resurrection."
As the Apostle Paul declared, "...that
I might know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His
sufferings being conformed to His death." (Philippians 3:10)
Serving Him with you
Until
He comes for us,
Fred