âAnswers to all the questions in your life.â Thatâs the promise of a popular site that offers âtips to improve all aspects of your life.â Mark me skeptical.
Not even the Bible gives all the answers. (Read Deuteronomy 29.29.)
So we can chalk up their pitch to hyperbole. Fair enough. But is this not a case of going too far?
A big list of motivational sites comes across as sad. Whoâs more desperate, the seekers or the offerers?
Writers among us have often cited Philippians 2.12, that one about working out your salvation. Itâs a good one to cite. (And itâs seldom tied to the preceding section, but thatâs a whole different ball of wax.)
But they seldom if ever touch verse 13. Why is that?
âFor God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases himâ (NLT).
This verse doesnât give you the answers to all the questions in your life, but youâll find everything you need.
- Knowledge of what pleases God: âwhat pleases him;â
- Motivation to get with the program: âthe desire;â
- Power to get it done: âpower to do;â
- Source that never conks out: God is working in you.â
What else could you want?
Even if you had all the answers to lifeâs questions, youâd still probably not be happy.
With the Bible in hand, knees bent in prayer, feet busy doing the will of God, youâll be content. Really content.
Pleasing God will leave you pleased.
Only one issue remains: Will you commit to this?
A âyesâ answer to that will take care of all the questions in your life.
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