Board Games and Eternal LIfe

If my life was like The Game of Life, I would have lost years ago. There have been regrets, wrong decisions, big mistakes, and failures littered across this road behind me.

But being forgiven does not mean that this life can be a mulligan. I have but one life, and I cannot change the messed up me that was before. He's dead. He died on the cross along with my Savior. If I died right now, I would have no regrets for my future is in the Almighty God, the Lion of Judah. The Enemy teases me into looking back at the past and what I could have done differently. Sure there were other paths I could have taken, but I would not be the same person that I am. If God wanted a different version of me, He would have one. My life has always been in His hands.

"For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb. . .Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began." Psalm 139:13, 16

I thank God that life is not like the board game, because what I think is good and what God knows is good are not always the same. Rock star? Doctor? Chemical Engineer? Where is the Toy Department Manager card in this game? I want that one. Uh, really? The world tells me that I stuck in a dead end job, but I say I'm blessed to even have a job. I also get to shine the light of Jesus in a dark place. Whether you see it or not, retail is a spiritually dark place. My store needs Jesus. Not just the people I work with and the customers I serve.

And my service is not for my own glory, but for the glory of the One who saved me from everlasting regret and loneliness. I believe God chose me to serve here to show people that Jesus is not far from everyone of us. Those people I love like Jesus will hopefully join me when the Messiah returns to judge the quick and the dead and those who are His will sing forever and ever:

"The Lamb who was slaughtered is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing! Blessing and honor and glory and dominion to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!" Revelation 5:12b, 13b