Elder’s Corner: What Will “He” Be?

Well, if you haven't heard the good news yet—I have my first grandchild, a grandson, named Carson Alan Miller. My daughter Erin gave birth November 4th. And he has preempted my life in a very good way!

We are making many more trips to Branson these days. As I held him the first time and even now when I hold him, I wonder what he will grow up to be and what will the world be like that he inhabits. The nurses made comments about his long feet so maybe he will be an athlete. Maybe he will be the one to develop a cure for cancer. Maybe he will become a great preacher (however you define that). Maybe he will have an analytical brain and be drawn to the study of those six DNA genes that are found in the brains of everyone that develops Alzheimer's disease. Maybe he can even discover why some develop those dental plaques that create such havoc in patients with Alzheimer’s.

Mary wondered these same things about the baby she held and all the things that were being said about Him. Luke 2:19 says, “But Mary was keeping within herself all these things (sayings), weighing and pondering them in her heart.”  She was the one that eventually saw it all. She watched Him preach truth, train followers, and handle the tricks and traps of the Pharisees. She saw His trial, His torture, and His triumph as He defeated death and rose from the grave, offering His life as a trade for yours and mine.

So the question really becomes “What will You Be?” in the time you have left? Will you be a follower, a fraud (you may even go to church-but you know you're still just a fake), or one who just does nothing at all. God has given us life through His Son and we should respond “Thank You, what can I do for You?”  

—Alan