What if, tomorrow God sent us all a meeting invite with the
subject line: Your Life Review, Done by God. How would we react? How would we
prepare? Most of us have had our quarterly or yearly review done by our boss or
the HR department, but by God? I know it might seem silly but it got me to
thinking about my life. And by writing this I hope it gets you to think about
yours.
As we know, every good assessment has categories and areas
that need to be discussed so that the assessment looks at the most important
aspects of what we do in our jobs. But what would God assess? How would (s)he
determine if we are achieving success? What is success in God’s eyes?
I don’t know but my guess is God would focus on three
categories; Kindness Toward Others (KTO for all of you metric acronym types),
Service To Others (STO), and Living Up To God Given Potential (LUTGGP). I think
most of us could quickly make a case for the first two measurements and discuss
with God the plan we have to do better, but the third measurement is the one
that had me thinking and perplexed, LUTGGP. The first thing that came to mind
for me was: what are my God Given Skills? And even though I may not have all of
the skills I need to be who I want to be - do I have the potential to be that
person? You see, it does start to get interesting!
What do I believe was God’s plan for me? I believe we all
have a purpose here on earth so we must have been given a plan? Not the step by
step type plan but as a pirate might say, “More like guidelines.” What would
God say about my potential, and have I lived up to it? Would he say, “Rich, I
had so many hopes for you, and it seems you have steered away from every one of
the things I gave you the skills to be.” Or would she say, “Rich, you have
really taken the lemon of a life I gave you and made lemonade!”
If something is burning in our belly and we conveniently
find ways to ignore it, what would God say? “I have given you the passion
because I know you have the GGP (God Given Potential in case you forgot) but
you have ignored it. Why?” “I did not place the fear there, you did.” “Why do
you fear what you desire to do with your life?”
The older we get, the more we seem to reflect on the past.
It may be that we just have more past to reflect on, but can it also be that we
want to make a positive impact and know time is running out? I am not being
doomsday(ish), I just know that time keeps going and we can’t stop time. Someday
it will run out for all of us- is all I am saying.
Are we going to be ready for our assessment? Will we have a
positive tale to tell? The tale can be as simple as volunteering to help the
elderly or disabled. The tale could be you’re a great coach for your kid’s
team. It could simply be being the best husband or wife, father or mother you
can be. It could be setting your kids up for a bright future, or reading to
kids that need help to get to that bright future.
I was just thinking and I thought I would share these
thoughts with you. Is that part of my potential? I don’t know but I have a lot of
fire in the belly type of things I am and will pursue. I hope I, and you pass
the assessment if one ever comes… I hope we all get the promotion!
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