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TRYING to make ends meet, you’re a slave to money, then you die… the immortal words of the Bittersweet Symphony. Life must have more significance than that! And it does.
In a salient moment’s reflection,
God gave me this. I exist for these reasons:
1.
To stay alive. I feel God has given me the mission to work
hard for Him for a definitive length of time. By His will and for His work, I
will finish that mandate well. Then,
He bids me retirement. Ultimately, we have a firm idea how long we wish for me
to live; an age to attain. We all have a responsibility to stay alive; to
promote health. (Psalm 23:6; 91:16.)
2.
To live straight. Integrity is the most important thing as far
as the ‘how’ of life is concerned. And to follow God’s ancient path is the way,
including the confession and repentance of sin. (Proverbs 3:5-6.)
3.
To love family. God has put a range of persons into my life as
family. To love them to my fullest capacity is both my joy and responsibility.
4.
To preach well. Not only by the words I’m blessed to deliver
both publicly and privately, He wills me to preach well by the way I live. I must plan and prepare and deliver His messages with
all due diligence, and respect feedback as the stewardship of others as their
love seeks to sharpen my own.
5.
To care compassionately. The gift of life experience has been a gift
where spiritual gifts have become useful skills. Compassion is as important as
integrity is. (Matthew 9:36.)
6.
To bless others. This is the uncommon love of Jesus done in
common life. Everywhere, always, in the everyday, in all situations, to bless
others is the summum bonum — the supreme
good. (Romans 12:9-21; 1 Corinthians 13:13.)
7.
To enjoy life. I’ve been blessed to breathe and walk this
life out; to enjoy it is to make the most of the seconds and hours and weeks.
Because some parts of life require us to go backwards, walking forwards should
hence be a duty of delight.
8.
To glorify God. Yes, ultimately, nothing else matters. And all
the previous seven culminate in this! (Mark 12:30; James 3:17-18.)
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