Life is the End

It is a great deception to believe that my days are a means to some end. Often I feel that I am working my way towards something, which is usually true; we should have biblical goals that are rooted in making the name of Jesus famous. However, most of the time I believe that these means are only the preparation, and once I get through with them, then I can begin the "real work." I am especially guilty of this in the context of ministry. Well I'm just a student right now. I need to go to seminary first, and then I can start "doing ministry." How faulty is that thinking! Yes, the Lord is equipping me now for what He is going to use me for later, but that does not excuse me being inactive now. Equipping does not happen in a vacuum! My days are not a means to some end. My life is the end itself. I won't wake up one day and suddenly be "there." I won't have "arrived." I am here now. And I must live like I am in the end. It is a great deception to believe that my days are a means to some end. I must fight the deception.