Discovery

I realize that eschatology can be an imprecise study at best, however I heard a sermon this week regarding the end times, which got me thinking. I don't know when the end will come, I don't know if Christians will be taken away before chaos rules the world. But I started thinking about some people I know who already seem to be lost in chaos, before any of this crazy end times chaos has started, and I started getting scared for them. If all the Christians were to disappear, and all the world were to be deceived afterward, it seems impossible to think that anyone could become a follower of God and remain so through persecution without a strong Christian to lift them up. I suppose it all boils down to worry. Worry for my friends and family, that in the end, there will be a right or wrong side and that they will choose the wrong side. But last night, in talking to two friends, I came to the conclusion that I cannot worry for everyone. One friend said, "Worry is an indication that you lack faith in their own decisions." And further, if Jesus really did come to save mankind, then the saving is His to worry about, not mine. I can only do His bidding and learn to listen when He speaks. And tonight I learned that since the burden of worry is lifted off my shoulders, I must fill this new found time with becoming the person I was meant to be, and being that person sincerely, without any fancy glaze on the outside hiding who I really am.