[I’m starting a new series today. It’s called “I wonder…”. Yes, this does make this a third ‘series’ – your point? Pondering and wondering are 2 of my favorite activities, so I thought I’d occasionally share this pastime as a series too. To me, wonder/ponder are ‘analyzing tools’. ‘What if’ is a mate but is more of an action step opportunity based on the wondering. Wondering requires we look at who we are and are becoming and what we do with this understanding. And we do this with as little excuse/reasons that place us in a positive light as humanly possible.]
This particular, I wonder…..
what, how I’d feel if I woke up one morning and the rapture had occurred but I was still here! And what my answer to this wondering has led to … what I will do today?!
[Yes, I KNOW this action wouldn’t happen – not because of me, but because I accepted the Lord’s invitation and came to Him and was born again – but what about how I direct my days -right here, right now, will I regret not doing ‘more (undefined)’?]
This might not be your type of wondering but please stay with me a while. You can ask yourself the same question(s). Perhaps my understanding that salvation is the not the end, but the beginning of a wonderful, productive, fruitful life (Ephesians 2, especially verses 8-10) will give you my context in this particular wondering.
Starting with the bottom line… Repeating: IF you have made Jesus your Lord, this would never happen because it would go against scripture and God NEVER goes against His Word. So you can cease worrying that this could happen to you. But the question of how we live in our days does remain.
But even the hint that it could happen should strike a fire in you – not of fear. The fire should be your response to being saved, having your name in the book of life, having a special gift that’s meant for building the body up, and your personal desire to touch lives for the Lord and be His faithful worker. How could this not make you wonder?
Personally, I want to become the person the Lord’s always seen so I need to be about this mindset. I doubt anyone would argue Perhaps the question should be: am I willing to pay the price to become of value to the Lord… or not willing? I believe we all always have options. The God of the Universe gave us free will to make our own decisions and act on them… or not but we can’t not decide since doing nothing is still a decision. If I accept the fact and don’t try and weasel out of my responsibilities for the effects of my decisions, then the issue is inevitably – ours.
So the question, wondering, really is: am I ‘being about my Father’s business’? Am I? And if I am, when the time comes, I won’t have to regret not being and doing who the Lord saw in me. And… what happens when I say – YES! Send Me!!!
