There is a game show on TV that we enjoy watching. It’s that one with a wheel…and I’ve been told that only old people watch it…so if that is true…I am officially old We like to see which of us will figure out the puzzle first. Yes, it is that exciting around here just about every evening!
The other night, we were glued to the TV, and saw that the episode was filmed in 2019. Do you know what my first thought was? Ahhhhh….pre-Covid. Those people had no idea what they were in for. They had no clue there would be a pandemic…that most businesses would have to close…students would have to learn from home…people would go nuts having to stay home…and there would possibly be friends and loved ones who would pass away from this disease.
Yes sirree…those contestants were just living their lives without any idea what the next year would hold for them. If they just would have known…they could have………….worried? Stopped it? Warned everybody? Hmmmm, of those options I don’t think worrying would have changed anything. I really doubt they could have stopped it from happening. But, maybe…just maybe…they could have warned people. If they only would have known.
The same is true now in 2021. We have no clue what tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year will bring. We may have to go through something far worse than Covid…or…we may be blessed with something better than our wildest dreams. We just don’t know. So, what can we do? Worry? Stop whatever is going to happen? Warn everybody we know? If we look at it sensibly…we know worrying about what mighthappen will accomplish nothing…except maybe give us high blood pressure or an ulcer. Trying to stop something when we have no idea what “it” is…is futile. And how can we warn everybody about something we don’t know the facts of yet?
I think we might spend our time in a more productive way by concentrating on what we DO know. The only thing that we as Christians know…is that someday Jesus is going to return. It might be today, tomorrow, next week or next year…we just don’t know. But since we do know that it will happen…why don’t we spend our time making sure everyone else knows too. If we put all the effort that most of us put into worrying about the future, into telling others about our Jesus…I’m guessing we might have a better, more peace-filled life today. Christ doesn’t want us to live our lives consumed with fretting about what might happen…but instead…consumed with letting our light shine for all to see.
Is fear consuming your thoughts? Do you spend your days worrying about all the “what-ifs” of life? Maybe you need to work on redirecting your thoughts on the One who already holds tomorrow in the palm of His hand. Jesus knows every detail of your future, and do you know what? He isn’t worried. So, if He isn’t wringing His hands…we shouldn’t either. We don’t even have to “spin the wheel” to see what prize we will receive in the end…because we already know our prize is waiting for us in heaven. So, let’s get busy and show our friends and family the joy we have in our Jesus and tell them He is coming back so they need to get ready!
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“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart.
And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.
So don’t be troubled or afraid.”
John 14:27
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