Years ago we had a special speaker at our church. He was the pastor of a mega church, and had one of those “Christian rock star” resumes—he had done it all. But somewhere in the middle of his life of accomplishments, something he didn’t expect happened—he ended up on the operating table. Heart surgery I believe.
During that operation, his spirit left his body, and he came face to face with Jesus.
At that moment—looking into the eyes of Jesus—he realized something that forever changed his perspective—and, to be honest, forever changed mine.
None of it mattered.
He built a huge thriving church from scratch.
It didn’t matter.
He was a leader of leaders, a Christian superstar in his part of the country.
It didn’t matter.
Only one thing mattered.
Did he do what Jesus asked him to do?
At the end of our lives, Jesus isn’t going to look over our list of accomplishments. He doesn’t really care how successful we’ve been by the standards of this world. He’s just going to ask one question:
Did you do what I asked you to do?
I hope I have the courage to do that. I hope I get it right.
I hope you do too.
Dwight
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