I heard of a very
smart boy who made his future career his priority. He knew how to live for it
and made his parents live for it too. The parents did not have a “life” of their
own for they invested everything in their son’s future. They were kind of old
and sick and were counting on their son with a great career to be their future
helper when they could not work anymore. They could save with no problem for
they had good paying jobs and an ability to make money, They lived in a very
nice place and were able to have anything at their fingertips if they needed
it. But they were involved in an accident and died and the “bright” boy had to
use his career money to live up his life as he was used to. And when the money ran
out, and the cost of living got too high, he got into the easy money business
and, of course, his life ended very fast making “smart” choices. Was all of
that bad luck?. . . There’s not such a thing as “bad luck”; it’s all poor choices?
What is the priority
in your life? Is it your studies, your business, your family, your
community? All of that is great but it
should go second to the best choice at knowing and understanding your Creator.
Of course you could say: “I do not believe in him” It might not matter to you
if you know Him or not; what really matters is that HE knows you and sooner
than you think He’s going to be asking you what you did with your life and why
you made those poor choices. What are you going to answer? I am sure you will
not say what you would now do like: “I don’t care about you because you are not
real” No! You are not going to blame yourself. You will say something like: “I
was so busy with the life you gave me that I did not have time to think about
it” or, “My parents never taught me about you” or “My teachers in School told
me the Bible was a lie. I needed to graduate.”
When these last two could be true in some cases, they are NO excuses to
look for the truth. If you’re a child, there’s no problem. Jesus said: “Permit
the children to come to Me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God
belongs to such as these.” (Luke 18.16) But if you’re not “one of
these” you will be responsible for your own safety. If you’re hiking with your
parents and get lost in the woods and your father says “there’s no way out”
would you stay still as nothing waiting for a ferocious hungry animal to take
care of you? Or would you look for some way to get out of the mess? You are not
going to get to safety by somebody else’s decision of “not doing anything”
My advice to you is to
start making the correct choices of looking for the truth in the real Word of
God, written by many men who were inspired by God Himself, and make Him your
priority. Make the time to learn about Him and how you can get out of this
jungle (of “great opportunities to get rich, or good looking, slim, or
desirable”) to safety which is enjoying life with your loved ones in the truth
and mercy of God. You might not know Him, but He knows and loves you. And do
not worry about anything. All you have to do is ask Him to give you His wisdom.
Pray and He will. Jesus once said:
“And do not seek what you will eat and what
you will drink, and do not keep worrying. For all these things the nations of
the world eagerly seek; but you Father knows that you need these things. But
seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you (Luke 12.29-31)
