Never Give Up

I have to tell you, there has never been a time in my life where I have been this discouraged about the world around me. Every time I turn on a news broadcast or open a news web page, I am greeted with the worst of our civilization. It's depressing, and so easy to feel hopeless, like nothing I will ever do will change anything. Like no one has any hope of righting the course that our country, and the world, has been sent down.

Then, I find myself thinking, why bother wasting my time? One day, I will be in a place where none of it will matter anymore. I'll be in Heaven and finially know peace. But, that kind of thinking is dangerous, and it sure isn't the kind of attitude God teaches us to have. Giving up on doing good and making a difference is the worst kind of message you can send. When people no longer care about each other and living their lives by example, evil develops and grows like a wildfire.

What do you think would happen if everyone gave up and conceded that the world is going to chaos no matter they do? The world would be a much more terrible place. I will tell you this, I believe the work we do now as Christians is more important than ever. As long as we don't give up and keep following God's will, the Lord will shine through us and into others. Even if you lead only one person to Jesus, that is one more person in this world loving the Lord, and that is something that will really make a difference, both to that person, and the lives they will change with Jesus shining through them. You never know just how many lives you might influence by never giving up on spreading God's Word.