Your Personal History

“Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.” (Psalm 107:43 NLT)

After your life has ended and nothing remains of you but a memory, what will people learn of you? When the way you are living right now becomes the history that tells the story of you, what will the pages of your life reveal? That you were a good person? A person who loved their family? A hard worker?

What will be the sum of all your years as they become a memory in someone’s mind or heart? Will your life inspire someone to greatness? Will it leave a legacy of love? Will it prove your words of faithfulness to Jesus? Or will it reveal a life of faith that was a mile wide and an inch deep? Will memories of you give a clear picture of Jesus, or a muddled view of you? Will they remember a strong person of faith or a weak person who focused mostly on themselves?

Do you realize you’re not the only contributor to your life’s story? Virtually every person whose life your life touches will leave an indelible imprint on your life for good or evil. Every thought, every decision, every act of kindness, every thoughtless word, every angry gesture, every prayer of desperation, every tear, every hopeless and every joy-filled moment are recorded by God.

Thankfully we have a B.C. and an A.D. in the story of our lives that include our years “Before Christ” and “After Death to ourselves and new life in Christ alone by faith alone.” After we’re born again in Christ our destination is not the only thing that dramatically changes. C.T. Studd wrote: “Only one life, ‘twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.”

What do you want to be read on the pages of your life’s story? “He had so much potential, it’s so sad that he wasted it for the things of this world.” “She had the heart of a lion, but Satan robbed her of so much good she could have done.” “He was the person in my life who most lived like Jesus.” “If it wasn’t for her, I would still be lost in my sin.”

Do you not realize you’re “writing” those pages in the moments of this day? But thankfully, you’re not the only one with a “pen” after you meet Jesus. While it’s a staggering consideration that the Lord Jesus sees the day of our death as clearly as He sees the day of our birth, the good news is by His grace we don’t have to fall prey to the way we’ve always been.

By God’s grace and with the help of the strong Holy Spirit who resides in us as a believer in Jesus, we can move in new directions of usefulness and fruitfulness for God’s Kingdom. We can determine that our life will be lived to His honor and fame; that the air we breathe each day will fuel us on to heights of effectiveness for the Lord Jesus that we never dreamed possible.

Do you not know that you are no longer limited by the things that once held you in bondage? Are you not aware that the Lord Jesus has liberated you to be more than you ever dreamed you could be? The pages of your life that you’re writing today can be of one who has been freed to dream big and live powerfully in ways you never could before.

God hasn’t equipped you with His Holy Spirit to enable you to remain the same! Absolutely not! You have been re-born by the Spirit of God to be a child of God. You are royalty that now can be and do things for God that you never imagined you could. There are people whose lives you can touch and help change for the Savior whose eternal destinies can be redirected because of your positive and godly influence.

Please, for God’s sake, get your nose out of the dust of this earth and raise your head to imagine the thoughts God has for you – to be more than anyone has ever imagined you could be for Him! Begin today, right now, to write the rest of the history of your life on this earth, to God’s honor, not yours.

Food for thought.

Blessings, Ed 😊