Make it count

Make it count Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James 4:14 NIV I have been thinking about this verse. It has occurred to me that life is so short that it can easily be missed. Maybe a person can overlook the idea of “living” when there are so many responsibilities. Maybe we forget to live vibrant lives when the days seem to roll into each other. And at the end of this life, I wonder if I will have made time for the things that have real value, Kingdom Value? I have this recurring dream that I have to speak at a funeral. And I always start off by mentioning that life is like a book. I tell people that our lives are filled with highs and lows, excitement and intrigue. But what is the constant theme that runs through those pages? Is the one constant some addiction, a constant reliving of the past or maybe it is Christ? If you take stock of the pages of your life right now, what would come to the forefront? Would we the readers find adventure and excitement, would we find risk and danger? Would we find that you have suffered grief in all kinds of trials? Think of it like this… Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. Now that’s the stuff that has Kingdom Value!