Is life passing me by?
Satan wants me to believe God has forgotten me and that my prayers have not been heard.
He wants me to believe that I don't have discernment and that if I'd made different decisions, I could have what I desire and be married with a family of my own by now.
Instead of living in the present, he wants me to repeatedly revisit the past.
But I need only read God's Word to know these things are not true.
Jesus says in John 10:10, "the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
My Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6a).
He has given me everything I need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3).
I could fret over decisions that I could have made differently, compare myself to others who are in stages of life I desire to be in, or I can choose to lay aside that doubt and comparison and trust that the Keeper of my life is sovereignly working in His timing and in His way. He will glorify His name through my one vapor-life (James 4:14).
This morning, my great and gracious Shepherd has shown me that life that is truly life cannot pass me by when the Way, the Truth, and the Life is my guide.
It is not my life that I need to be concerned about, for it is securely in my Savior's hands.
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand" (John 10:27-28).
The lives that I must be concerned about are those that, at the moment of death, eternal life in heaven would pass them by.
May my life point to Jesus so that they desire to know Him, recognize their need for Him, and trust Him as their Shepherd King who forgives sin and guides them through this life and into the next.
It is a full life.
As for me, "The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me,
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
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