Waking moment to our final conscious gasp before we lapse into our dream world:
the question prevails on many strata: “How will I live?”
Whether it’s a
moment’s decision – turn left or right, go up or down – or a philosophical crossroad
arrived at, we are continually asking and answering this question. We are never
so uncommitted as to be neutral.
We make ethical and
moral decisions by the very function of our humanity immersed in the world. And
this situation boils itself down into the reduction that, if we are not for
Jesus we are against him.
We live for his
heart in matters or we don’t. But such a philosophical ethic of life is
antithetical to a black ‘n’ white reality of life.
This is precisely
why we cannot work our way into the Kingdom, nor maintain our righteousness by
the disposition of our hearts. We are wrecked without grace.
But even if we
cannot help ourselves we are still required to try. We must still ask
ourselves, “How will I live... this moment... this hour... this day... my life?”
God requires us to
ask such a question implicitly and matter-of-factly. By our choices we answer
him who has hardwired the question into our minds and moulded such a question
into our hearts.
We cannot go through
life thinking nothing is important. Every moment has an eternity’s
significance, yet many moments we will still get horribly wrong – all of which
is forgiven. But the moment we take forgiveness for granted we lose the
spiritual perspective with which will give our lives ornate meaning.
“How will I live my
life?”
What choice will I
make this moment, for that choice will be a mere caricature for the outworking
of our character, for any of it will be indefensible in the court of truth.
Our choices become
facts of experience in ours and others’ lives.
Like our thoughts
will inform our attitudes, which will in turn motivate our actions, our choices
will prove truth true by their consequences.
“How will I live my
life?”
“Do I need to change
in any way?”
Lived before God,
our lives are the siren screaming into eternity.
Whether we believe
in God or not this fact remains – what we do we do. What we do cannot be
undone, except for the grace of God that more than allows for our humanity.
***
Living is a choice,
as is every action of volition and, indeed, every inaction. When we accept this
fact we are equipped to move forward.
© 2015 S. J. Wickham.
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