"OUGHT TO"

“Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives.” 2 Peter 3:11

As Peter comes to the end of his second letter to believers everywhere, he talks about the end of times. This teaching is both exciting and overwhelming. Life as we know it someday will end. Not only for us as individuals, but for the whole of creation. In principle then, if we are indeed finite in the physical body, he poses a question, “How then should we live?” Since worldly stuff is extremely temporal, how should we conduct ourselves and where should we spend our time and energy? Peter suggests what we ought to do. Or, as I have heard said by people reflecting on their errors, “the woulda, coulda, shouldas.” What could I have done or should I have done, if I had it all to do over again? We all have done this. How about a more positive tact to begin with, instead of remorse? What ought we do? We ought to live holy and Godly lives. That should be our plan and focus. No arguing with that, right? Easy to say, hard to do. Holy and Godly. Not perfect, but conscientious, obedient, and focused on Christ.

Our lives should be extensions of Him in us and through us.

I'm convicted,
Pastor Fred

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