It Doesn't Matter

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. – The Apostle Paul to Timothy, 2 Timothy 4:2-4

This time, like at other times in history,

ever increasing multitudes

from every culture,

religion, and social strata

call evil ‘good’ and good ‘evil’,

darkness ‘light’ and light ‘darkness’

and who seek for themselves

teachers

to tickle their ears.

But this time,

like at every other time in history,

one thing

of all things

remains,

and will remain

forever unchangeable:

God’s transcendent Truth.

That is why it doesn’t matter

if no one listens to what you say

for Christ.

If God moves you to say it,

then say it.

It doesn’t matter

if no one notices what you fashion with your hands

for Christ.

If God moves you to fashion it,

then fashion it.

It doesn’t matter

if no one reads what you write

for Christ.

If God moves you to write it,

then write it.

It doesn’t matter

if no one cares that you sacrifice time, career,

or even your life

for Christ.

If God moves you to sacrifice it,

then sacrifice it.

It is not our kingdom we build,

but His.

It is not our plan we work,

but His.

He is the Architect,

we, simply laborers

privileged to work

wherever,

whenever,

   and however 

  He pleases.