Dear graduates,
I am glad you are here! It is a good thing to celebrate achievement in life, especially at such a time as yours. While I am not present with you, I am there with you in spirit. My prayers are always about the coming generation of Christians that God is raising up for the good of His kingdom and His glory. My sincere hope and prayer is that you would grow up in the Lord, that is to become mature in his grace and wisdom just as the Bible teaches us. There is no other way to live life that is as rewarding, joyful, or satisfying in the long term like knowing and loving our Creator. Our life does not end at death, it goes on for eternity. If such is the case, how can we live only for what is now? How can we live in a way that neglects the billions of years for fleeting pleasures now? You currently are at a point in your life many look back on favorably. While high school and those years following can be a great time of joy and growth, I believe we need to take off our rose-colored glasses about this. As people who are grounded in the Word of God, should we not know that the greatest time in our life is yet to come? Many consider the joys and pleasures of this world too highly and the infinite and inexhaustible joys of the next world too little. I remember a story about a sole descendant of a man who lived during the horse and carriage days. When this man passed away, his great fortunes were left to his one living son. This young man was riding along to inherit his new fortune when the wheel fell off his carriage a mile from the city. This young man began to wail and cry out “my carriage is broken, my carriage is broken! How will I ever get my fortunes now?” Would you not run the last mile for great wealth? I say this to exhort you, run the race of endurance by faith. There is great grace for those who trust in Christ for all things, and by it we can run the short mile to the infinite riches of our father! See, heaven is the great fortune our father has for us, Christ in his death makes it possible for us to run, and our remaining days on this earth are the final mile. Run with endurance, with joy that your father wants to be with you and pour out his great wealth upon you. Most of all, know that God loves you enough to pour out all of his wrath on his own son, that you could be with him and know him. The great treasure of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1-3) is that human beings could be in close relationship with our creator. If you do not know this joy I am talking about, please ask someone you can trust about the scriptures and the Gospel. It is a great joy to see more brothers and sisters come into the fellowship of Jesus! May the Lord bless you and keep you. Pastor Morgan A.C. McKinniss |
Pastor MorganMorgan has been writing since middle school and worked for a year writing professionally as a news journalist for the Daily Tribune in Gallipolis. This blog is a chance for him to express his love for the Lord and all church related things through writing. Archives
December 2019
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