Today is April Fool’s Day! What joy we had in our youth poking fun at the gullibility of others. “Mom, have you seen the snow outside?” (Wait, that may happen with the winter we’ve experienced this year.
April Fool’s jokes are based on the ability to trick people into believing that something obviously false is indeed real. Most of the time this is harmless fun—but not always.
Some tricks can be hurtful, cruel and dangerous. The most hurtful, cruel and dangerous tricks come when we play fast and loose with our spiritual lives. The Devil, the world and our own sinful selves try to fool us into believing that sin is a game.
St. Paul wants Christians to know reality. Our lives on earth will one day come to an end. But until that time, “For to me to live is Christ.” When God’s will is done in our lives, Christ is shown to the people around us. When we are trustworthy and true, people learn that Jesus is also trustworthy and true. When we are caring and helpful, people learn the Jesus is caring and helpful.
One of the great benefits of being a Christian is knowing that God has a plan for you. We may not always know the details of that plan but we do know that His plan and purpose for us is to live as Christ in the world.
We also know that when we have completed the tasks laid out for us, there awaits the perfect joy and bliss of heaven. For me to live is Christ and “to die is gain!” How wonderful it is to know that this is God’s ultimate will for you!
Prayer: Our Father, Who art in heaven, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
God’s richest blessings in Christ,
Pastor Philip Quardokus
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