Recently, I was engaged (as I am twice a year) in chess games. I was engrossed in game after game trying to master tactics and strategies to capture the opponent's pieces and ultimately entrap his/her king.
After a particular evening of play, I found myself obsessed with one specific game where I had misplayed a certain move - not by accident but by poor forethought. The result of my move, was that I lost a pawn, and ultimately I lost the game for this very same poor move. The loss of a pawn is what kept me up that night.
Perhaps you are thinking, "Seriously!?!, a lost pawn is what keeps you awake at night?" It certainly seems trivial as I type it out. Sleepless for pawns. Luke 15 records for us a parable of a shepherd with 100 sheep, but when 1 was lost, he left the 99 to seek the 1.
Now, I know that God does not sleep (Psalm 121:3), but if He did, what would keep Him awake at night would be the lost pawns on His chessboard.
I do not mean to imply that God would have had poor forethought, nor that He would be anxious for their safety since He is in control of all things. I am merely stating that the things that are of concern to God are far more significant than a silly game. Why is it that I am not sleepless for the lost pawns on God's chessboard rather than for the inanimate pawns on a silly gameboard? Am I moved by the things of God? Am I concerned for the eternal, or am I consumed by the ephemeral?
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