On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

by Alan Noble

We almost never take the witness of our actions seriously enough. I suspect that’s because if we did, it would frighten us. It’s scary to realize that my every decision communicates to people around me something about the nature of God, the goodness of His creation and laws. It means that my sin is never containable. It’s never something I can “make right.” The effects of my actions ripple throughout time and space, drawing in more and more people, for good and for ill. While God’s grace is sufficient for our sins, we do well to recognize the consequences of our sins.

Right now we have a duty to serve God by doing whatever good work He has put before us. And if we trouble ourselves with all the other things we are burdened with, the things of tomorrow or the next hour or minute, we will be overwhelmed. God asks only that we serve Him now.