That Critical Triad

 

 

Today is the first day

Of the rest of your life

And if you are married

It is the same for your wife.

 

Your last day you can’t tell

None of us can,

Nonetheless, my friend,

We still need to plan.

 

Consider three questions

You should bear in mind,

Each one is important

At any given time.

 

Now is the opportune time

To consider these three:

They deal with origin

Purpose and destiny.

 

 

The “where from”

The “purpose”

And the “where to”:

It is time to consider these

Before you bid adieu.

 

“What’s my origin?”

Is a good question to ask,

From the Bible’s vantage point

It is not a difficult task.

 

“In the beginning God”

Four significant words

That tell the whole story,

I trust you have heard.

 

The creator of all things

That we see around,

His design is evident

Whether we look up or down.

   

Before Him

Nothing did exist

And in Him

Everything consists.

 

 

The first man and woman

Were created by Him

And all was perfect in Eden

Before the first sin.

 

We are their offspring

That is who we are,

Evolution missed the boat

And it still does by far.

 

That takes care of how

We came to be,

Such has to do with origin,

Now for purpose and destiny.

 

The critical triad,

I must restate,

Has everything to do

With our final estate...

 

 

But before we get there

There is the purpose for being

And if we miss this

Hell we’ll be seeing.

 

I hold no apology

For being so blunt,

These times are too serious

For political stunts.

 

We were created

To please the Lord,

In order to do this

We must consult His Word.

 

A lamp to our feet

And a light to our path,

The psalmist records this

In the biblical first half.

 

His reference

Was to the Word of God,

The one whom he worshipped

And would daily applaud.

 

Talents and gifts

God has given to us,

The major gift, of course

Was His Son, The Lord Jesus.

 

 

He came to die

So that we might live

And through His Son Jesus

Eternal life gives.

 

Our lives must be lived out

In praise to Him,

The one who conquered death

To free us from sin.

 

So that our gift to God

Is like His gift to us,

We give Him our life

In exchange for Jesus.

 

Next is our witness

Of Jesus’ life in us,

Formed by the Spirit

As in God we trust.

 

Called to be salt

And called to be lights

Is the purpose of every soul

Above all our rights.

 

The gifts and talents

God has endowed us with

Is for the main purpose

Of propagating His gift…

 

 

The Gospel of Jesus Christ

To a world of sin

So that they may know

Salvation is only in Him.

  

Thus, shaping our destiny

And that of the world,

Particularly all them

That believe on His Word.

 

One of two destinies

May sound somewhat trite

But it is hell for the unsaved

And heaven for the lights.

 

The lights are those

That witness of the Light,

That light being Jesus

That gave the blind sight.

 

Thus, heaven and hell

Are the two destinies

And one or the other

Will be our reality.

 

Stewart Russell © February 2020