Where Does My Life Point?
“The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.” -Francis Chan, Crazy Love, pgs. 44-45
I read this tonight and it was like it stabbed me straight through the heart. I mean, when was the last time I allowed my life to point to Christ? Sure, maybe there have been little pieces here and there. But by and large, I’ve been more concerned about myself than I have been about God being glorified.
“Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives. Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control. Basically, these two behaviors communicate that it’s okay to sin and not trust God because the stuff in my life is somehow exceptional. Both worry and stress reek of arrogance. They declare our tendency to forget that we’ve been forgiven, that our lives here are brief, that we are headed to a place where we won’t be lonely, afraid, or hurt ever again, and that in the context of God’s strength, our problems are small, indeed.” -Francis Chan, Crazy Love, pg. 42
This too, got my attention. How much have I worried or stressed this past year, month, week, day, evening? I mean, really, as much time as I’ve put into my life, you’d think the existence of Earth and everything on it was all about me! And yet……..
As Chan goes on to write in chapter 2, we find throughout the Bible and life in general that it’s all about God. We come and go; our lives but a vapor in the entirety known as time. I was reminded this past weekend at church that Matthew 6 tells us that worrying does not add a single moment to our lives. In other words, worry has never made any situation better. In fact, we are promised in verse 33 that if we allow our lives to point to God (Seek the Kingdom of God above all else) He will provide what we need. So the only question remaining is,
“Why don’t I trust Him?”
I mean, what’s it going to take? When will my life point to Christ more than it does to me? Lately I have made a focused effort not to worry and stress, but to simply present my requests to God, and then thank Him for all He’s done in my life. and you know what? I’ve noticed myself feeling much more peaceful, and positive as of late. Now, the worry and stress have still been a struggle, and has shown me how I’ve allowed these bad habits to run rampant in my life.
The bottom line is that life has always been about God, and always will be. When I take my focus off of Him and put it on my trials and troubles, I elevate those things above God in my life. This is neither glorifying to Him, nor beneficial to me. So, hopefully, today my life points a little more towards Christ than it did yesterday. And tomorrow, it points a little more towards Christ than it did today. And so on.