Look Up

Right now I have nine kids. Nine tiny humans depend on me to keep them alive. I have to make sure all 180 nails are clipped. I have to wash their undies, sign homework folders, and feed them. Daily. As in every single day. All the things. Over and over again. Ad nauseam.  To make things more fun six of them are trauma kids living in limbo.

Needless to say, my days are long and exhausting. One crisis after another I struggle through my days doing my best to put one foot in front of the other getting as many of the  MUSTS!!! done as I possibly can before collapsing into bed. It is so easy and very justifiable for me to put my head down and get to work each day just trying to get through it the best that I can. It's all that anyone reasonable could ask or expect. I'm only human after all.

Wrong.

God's really been nudging me lately to look up. That I'm not the only one with a whole lot going on. Luke 1:79 really slapped me in the face.

"to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

So here we have Zechariah prophesying on who Jesus will be, and specifically in this verse the purpose and role He will play here on earth. Here's the kicker. I'm a Christ follower. I am supposed to die to myself and live for Him. So I need to make His purpose my purpose.

I need to shine my light (His light) in the dark because people in the dark are sitting in the shadow of death. Pretty grim picture. I think we can agree that this world is feeling very dark here lately. SO MUCH DARK!! In the midst of all of it, I need to be very intentional about looking for ways to shine some light. My light is the gospel and without it... eternal death. I have plenty of to-do's that I need to cross off my list, but no big deal if they don't get done.

People and eternity are at stake.