This is a peculiar summer. I am here in Rochester taking very few classes with much time to spend on whatever I please. It may be my last few months here, and I spend much time preparing for where I will be next. I am a planner, always prepared, and so when the future is not settled I have a strong tendency to focus my efforts on getting it cleared up.
Well it has come to my attention that it is currently the present, and not actually the future yet, and that the present is ever slipping away. I was reading 1 Thessalonians chapters 4 and 5 about the second return of Jesus Christ, coming when least expected. I realized my way of approaching time assumes that I will have many year ahead of me. I pray about how God will use me in the future, and what I'm called to, and how I will change the world in my career, and in a new city and all these things, at the expense of making an impact today, here, now. Given the uncertainty of the future, I now believe it inappropriate to throw away the present for the sake of the future. While graduation is coming quickly, and there are some things I need to settle, I also need to answer some questions about the present, and they are more urgent (as they pertain to the present).
- What does God want to do through me in the lives of RIT students?
- What does God want to do through me at my church (Mosaic)?
He who is faithful in little, will also be faithful in much. I think the present is the little and the future is the much (as it has the potential to become).
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Good questions! It will be cool to see the answers you come up with over the next several weeks.
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