Direction in Life

             Do you have some direction in life?  By that, I mean do you know your purpose in life, or what you are going to do?  It seems as if many people, especially young people about to graduate have no direction.  They don't know what they are going to do or what profession they desire.  They are just going day by day wandering around from here to there with no interest, no direction and in some cases, with a zombie look in their eyes.  I remember back to my own high school days and when my parents had said that I could be anything I wanted to be with one exception.  My Mom didn't want me to follow in my father's footsteps in regard to his profession.  Dad was a truck driver with uncertain hours and all kinds of dangers. At one point he hauled a lot of black gun powder to the local ordinance plant during the war. She wanted something different for me and a lot safer. It was a good decision as I have a hard time backing up the car let alone a vehicle with a trailer on it.  Now, the Apostle Paul had direction in his life.  God made it quite clear what Paul's mission was to be. Romans 1:14-17 says, " I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.  So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." 

        These three verses contain the famous three "I AM" statements of Paul.  He said, "I am debtor,"  "I am ready" and "I am not ashamed."  Volumes have been written and preached on those three statements.  Paul was indeed "ready" to preach the Gospel and he knew to whom he should be preaching it.  So, what about you?  Most people spend their whole lives learning a trade and then working in that trade until they come to the end of their working years and then decide to retire and hopefully enjoy life until they die.  Who is the most important person in  your life?  It should be God.  He should be number one in everything that you think or do.  That which is done for Him is the most important thing.  Paul's three "I am" statements should also be reflected in my life and in your life.  We are all debtors to God for what He has done for us.  None of us could have accomplished what the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished. Therefore, we should all be ready to spread the gospel at every moment, and certainly, we should not be ashamed of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Praise God today that He gives us purpose in life. We should be debtors. We should be ready and we should not be ashamed.