This afternoon I was sitting in my car with my feet across the console. The windows were open enough to let in fresh air and listening to country on the radio. I was sitting their eating lunch because it was much happier than campus is during finals week.
God has blessed me with many things.
I was just relaxing in my car and I got to thinking about everything that I have. I wonder sometimes why I got so lucky. Why do I have more than enough food, more than enough clothes, more than enough money, the ability to go to college, a wonderful and loving family, friends who care about me, freedom of religion and speech, clean water that comes through the faucet and so so so much more. I wonder why I have all of these things and other people have so little.
Sometimes I wish I could trade with someone, but I know there is a reason that God has blessed me so much. He has blessed me so that I can use what He has given me to bring glory to His name. And that’s what I’ll do.
But then I got to thinking, if I would traded my blessings to take the pain away from other people what else would I give up?
I chased a mental rabbit here, so bare with me.
I continued to think about God’s gifts and blessing upon me and one of these blessings is my life – the air in my lungs and the beat of my heart. And then I thought about what I can do with my life. This brought me to a very simple conclusion – I could give up my life to make someone else’s better.
I also concluded that the best way to improve someone’s life and well being is to bring them the gospel and share the message with Jesus with them. What more could you need when you have Jesus in your life? So I can use my life to do that.
But then I got more literal. I came to the conclusion that if I am going to die – I would like to be eaten by cannibals.
Now hear me out. One way or another my body is going to be eaten after I die. Maggots eat dead flesh. Some worms also feed off of dead flesh too. So one way or another I am going to be eaten by something; and since this is inevitable it might as well be cannibals, right?
Right, because the only reason I would be in the presence of cannibals would be to bring the gospel.
So I have decided that if I must die and my carcass must be eaten; then I might as well be eaten my cannibals.
What will you do with everything God has blessed you with (He doesn’t call everyone to be eaten by cannibals – I promise)?
