“What’s the Point?”

Have you ever had a moment when you asked that question of total confusion? You may have just thrown your hands up in the air and said (silently or very vocally), “What’s the point?”

We often think that question, and we do so at various times in our lives. Maybe your marriage is shaky, and your spouse is even showing signs of “tuning out” of the relationship. Maybe your ideas are not taken seriously in planning sessions at your job. Maybe you feel “stuck” in a career that isn’t giving you the type of fulfillment you thought it might. Maybe you are fighting to get out of debt, only to have yet another setback in the process.

“What’s the point?”

May I suggest that Jesus gave us “the point?” It is found in a verse that I use as much as any other in sermons. The folks at Lebanon Road probably get tired of hearing the verse, but I think it gives us “the point” of just about all we do here on the earth as week to follow Christ.

He stated, “Let your light so shine before other people that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

That’s it! That’s the point!

• That’s why you need to continue to seek out the best for your marriage. Others will see your effort to have a solid, Godly home.
• That’s why you need to continue to share ideas at your work (or in your congregation). Others will see your enthusiasm and will know that you are striving to work hard.
• That’s why you need to continue to be joyful on the job. Others will see your encouraging attitude and will wonder how you can be so glad to work at that place, in that position.
• That’s why you need to continue to gain control over your finances. Can you imagine the glory you can bring to God when you have no debt in your life?

On and on we could go. Just when you get to that intersection in life when you throw up your hands and ask, “What’s the point?” make sure you read and reflect on Matthew 5:16.

And may God truly get the glory as you press on, even in times that are trying.