Purpose

"Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for Your name's sake!" - Psalms 79:9

2.5 years after the car crash.  2.5 years after the toughest trial our Father in heaven enabled me to learn how to walk through thus far.  Until recently I lacked knowledge of the insights and truths God desired to teach me while lifting me from the chaotic tangle of metal.  I allowed selfish bitterness, frustration, and anger to inhibit and separate me from experiencing the gracious love and freedom of our Creator expressed through His truth outlined in His gospel.  But my Father, in His sovereign grace, continued to beckon me to His throne where a healing, peaceful, and victorious LOVE is found.  Here, in the arms of my compassionate Savior, is where He taught me truth resounding far louder than the crunching of steel.

What I can do is not the point. It is not significant in this life whether or not I can jump into a frozen lake, climb rocks, run, play guitar, or a million other temporal things.  I am not the point, it is sinful for me to walk this earth and proclaim, "LOOK at what I can DO!"  No, it is about God, the Creator who knit me in my mothers womb, the Living God who blessed me with life and the physical ability to perform, the Alpha and Omega who breathes air in my lungs, and the perfect Savior who sacrificed Himself on the cross to forgive my wretched sins.  And why did our God do all these things? For HIS glory!  For HIS name's sake!  Yes God is for us, yes God unconditionally loves us, and yes God provides for us, but we are not called to boast in our glory, but rather in the glory of God.  God created us to enter into holy communion with Him through Jesus Christ for the praise of His infinite perfections and glory.

It does not matter if I can or cannot play the guitar, run, climb, or swim etc. on this side of eternity, and possibly our Creator, in His everlasting lovingkindness, will bless me with the ability to physically perform in the glorified body He provides when I pass from this life.  I pray He does, but until then what can I do in this present situation?  I can passionately seek to bring God's name glory in Christ through the disciplined study of His word and the obedient application of His word to my life.  Our heavenly Father continually extends grace and love to us, far beyond what we deserve, and the least we can do is deny ourselves and live gospel-centered and God-focused lives in order to bring God glory.

This post is devoted to Jeremy, Ryan, and Dan Vangsnes, our Savior Jesus Christ shines through you all more than you know.

Love you guys.