Life's Punctuation!

What "punctuates" our life? Is it a "period" marking things brought to an end? Is it a "question mark" signifying we are really not sure what life is all about or what our purpose might be? Is it a "comma" fragmenting the phrases of a life that just seems to drag on and on? Is it an "asterisk" with life's statements continually in need of qualifying or explaining? Is it an "exclamation mark" denoting an excitement we have about living?

Someone has said, "Don't put a question mark where God has placed a period." What that seems to convey is what God has declared should be accepted as it is -- "period". Remember the poor choice made by Eve in the garden when the serpent caused her to "question" what God had declared with regard to eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The serpent caused her to rethink things when he asked, "Did God actually say, . . . ?" ( Genesis 3:1 ESV)

The thing that "punctuates" our life may be determined by how much we BELIEVE GOD and accept what He has declared; whether that be His warnings or His promises.

In Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth, he wrote. . .
"(13) Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, 'I believed, and so I spoke,' WE ALSO BELIEVE, AND SO WE ALSO SPEAK, (14) knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence." ( 2 Corinthians 4:13-15 ESV)

There is no "question" about the FAITH that "punctuated" the life of Paul. He was driven by what He had come to BELIEVE so emphatically. He lived with full assurance of the hope of eternal salvation that was His and gave His life in sharing that hope with others. His life was excited by a FAITH in knowing he would someday be ushered into the eternal presence of Jesus! When we unwaveringly accept what God has revealed, we too can live a life "punctuated" by an excitement that a life lived for the Lord is unquestionably worth living. May the manner in which we focus on what God has declared be so "punctuated" that what we BELIEVE, so we will speak and live -- "period"!

Have a great day LIVING A GOD MARKED LIFE!
Carl

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