A Common Destiny for All

We all share a common destiny. Good people, bad people, good cops, and bad cops. We all share a common destiny.

All share a common destiny - the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. 

As it is with the good,
so with the sinful;
as it is with those who take oaths,
so with those who are afraid to take them.

This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead. 

(Ecclesiastes 9:2-3)

Having a dad who has been a police officer for 26 years now, and experiencing the hatred that goes on when it comes to police is something that is always tough for me and my family. What happened recently was absolutely horrible and completely wrong. It should have never gone as far as it did.

I don't want to make this political, I just want to challenge your perspectives.

There is an overwhelming majority of police officers across the country who risk their lives everyday who are good people doing the right thing. Unfortunately there are also hundreds if not thousands who have made some serious mistakes.

We all have the same destiny though right? The righteous and the wicked. The good people and the bad. The good cops and the bad cops.

Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.

(Ecclesiastes 9:12)

Trust me, I am not saying what happened this past week was okay because we all have the same destiny. The reason I am writing this post is that I want to challenge you. How are you spending your days? We don't know when our time will come for us to pass away.

Are you going to spend your last days forgetting all of the good that there is in life? Complaining about how things aren't perfect? Well, if you haven't figured it out yet. Our lives are not perfect and never will be. But we can make a choice and a decision to commit our lives to Christ and believing that Jesus died for our sins. When we make that commitment, we are destined to have a perfect life in eternity. So I believe that we need to be focused on perfection in heaven right now, rather than perfection in a corrupt and imperfect world.

Fight for what you believe in, but remember who the one true King is. It's King Jesus.

I only ask of one thing from you all..find something to celebrate and commit yourself to living a life where you never run out of things to celebrate. Be a light in the midst of the darkness. We can mourn, and still celebrate. Solomon wrote that there is a time for everything under the sun..