Asking “what if…?”

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time lately thinking about how many times we ask “What if…?” throughout the day and throughout life.

What if I wake up late?  What if I don’t eat breakfast?  What if I get in an accident on the way to work?  What if I say something rude to someone?  What if I wouldn’t have said that?  What if I had worn something different today?  What if I don’t do my best at something today?  What if I lose my job?  What if I think only about myself?  What if he had driven a car instead of a motorcycle today?  What if she hadn’t aborted her baby?  What if she hadn’t gotten hit by a car?  What if he had watched his cholesterol more closely?  What if she had worn a life vest?  What if the terrorists hadn’t hijacked the planes on 9/11?  What if  the building codes had been better in Haiti?  What if the building codes hadn’t been as good in Chile?  What if I did this instead of that?

What if … what if … what if …

WHAT IF I WERE TO TRUST GOD?

What if I were to trust that He desires good for me (Romans 8:28)?

What if I were to believe that He cares for me (1 Peter 5:6)?

What if I were to call on Jesus (Jeremiah 33:3)?

What if I were to take my eyes off of myself and focus them on my Savior?  How would my perspective change?  Would I still question?  Would there be a need to question?  Would there be a need to ask “What if…?”  Or would there be a proclamation of “GOD IS.”?

God knows the end from the beginning.  He knows all that has been, all that is, and all that is to come.  There are no “What if’s…?” for God.  All is known.  As such, I can rest in Him as I trust in Him.  Come what may.  Tomorrow I may die.

I may die without ever having children.  You may die without ever being married.  Your son or daughter may die before you.  You may die without becoming a grandparent.  There is so much uncertainty in life.  But one thing is sure.

I don’t need to have children to be fulfilled in Christ.  You don’t need to get married to be fulfilled in Christ.  Your son or daughter does not have to live a long life to be fulfilled in Christ.  You do not have to become a grandparent to be fulfilled in Christ.  You can be fulfilled in Christ today.  Come what may.

Purpose in your heart to set your eyes on Him.

Life’s not about you or the fulfillment of your hopes and dreams and goals.

Do you know your Creator?  Do you know that your first calling is to glorify Him?  Be intentional about glorifying Him in your thought-life today.  Leave your “what if’s” at His throne and worship Him for who He is and what He’s done for you.  Let Him heal your pain.  Let Him lift you out of sorrow.  Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you (James 4:8).

This post has gone in many different directions than I intended.

To God be the glory!

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