A scientist is someone who always wants to ask the next question, to push beyond the boundaries of what we know, who states the question, “But, what if…”
That’s a good thing, too. For example, at one time all phones were attached to cords. Then, one day, Martin Cooper, the general manager for Motorola, looked at a radio, then to a phone, and he asked, “What if…”
Now we have the mobile phone.
We would find it hard to live without the inventions that have come from what if. The microwave oven. Post-it notes. Liquid Paper. The automobile. Central air conditioning.
We can’t stop when we reach our “what if” epiphany, either. What if early man had stopped at the wheel, and he had said, “I am at the pinnacle of human achievement. I need ask no more of my world.” Where would we be now? Just watch the Flintstones, and we will be pretty close to the answer.
As Christians, what do we do when God gives us instructions, and we follow them as best we can, only to find ourselves with nothing more than a stone wheel? Is that as far as we go? Do we rest on our stone wheel laurels and content ourselves with our accomplishments? Do we slowly slip into our well-deserved Christian retirement rocking chair?
Or do we ask, “What if…” Do we cry to God, “Is that all there is? What is my next step? What plans do you have for me now?”
What we are really saying is, “What next?” We can find that direction in the Word of God.
2 Timothy 3:16
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
Matthew 4:4
“But he answered, It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
Acts 20:28
“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.”
Matthew 28:19-20
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Our assignment on this earth is never complete, not until the last man and woman have had the opportunity to come face to face with the message of Christ. When we have done all we feel God has told us to do, retirement is not an option. We must continue to lead the lost to the cross.
The next step for the Christian always involves leading others to salvation at the cross of Jesus.
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