About a mighty mission…
Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its
saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything,
except to be thrown out and trampled by men. 14 "You are the light of the
world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and
put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to
everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that
they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (NIV)
As long as you have breath and your heart is beating, you have life. As long
as you have breath and life you have a mighty mission and purpose in life. In
the realms of God, there is no such thing as retirement. To God, every second
you are alive is an opportunity to do His work and show His mighty power of
love. When you think you are dead, you are still alive. Every beat of your heart
should be a reminder to do the work God has for you to do. As long as you are
alive, God has plans, purposes, jobs, missions, and projects that need your
sweat, muscle, and prayer to get done. Although you may temporarily lose your
direction in life, God has a compass that will lead and guide you to your next
mission for Him. If you look around you, it is not that God does not have
anything for you to do. The truth is the missions available to you are so
overwhelming, one often does not know where to start. The beating of your heart
is a tiny signal to you to always remember there is still one more second of
work left to do for God. After that one second of work is accomplished, there is
yet another second of work, then another, then another. Thinking logically and
in a secular vein, we might think at some point in our life an end will come.
However, God is above logic and secularism. With God, the beating of your
physical heart may stop but even when the beating of your physical heart stops
there is still a mission to be accomplished. However, after we die and we ascend
to Heaven on angel's wings, our days of labor will not tire us or exhaust us.
Then, as now, we shall indeed rejoice as we bring in His harvest of sheaves.
