The Evidence of Our Lives

The Evidence of Our Lives.

If our lives were crime scenes, what kind of evidence would be left behind? Stop and think for a moment… … … What do you see when you look about the scene your life created for investigators? What evidence will be found at the scene of our lives?

There are three types of “spiritual” evidence that will be obvious. First there’s the evidence of “Self”, then there’s the evidence of the “World” and finally we have evidence of “Christ”. All three of these will be evident at the scene of our life. That’s right, all three. There in the scene of our life is evidence, each and every one, of Self, the World and Christ without exception. Yes, even the non-believer will have at least trace evidence of Christ mixed in with the World and Self  lying about the scene. My life scene is littered with Self and the World. It is a truly messy scene.

Now, just for demonstration purposes, let me illustrate my point by using my own life scene as an example.  Any investagator would immediatly begin to find undeniable evidence of “Self” splattered all about the scene of my life. Even a rookie could not miss the writing on the wall. “S E L F” written in my blood and scratched there by my own hand.

They would soon find latent prints left by the world in almost every knook and cranny throughout the scene. Through the use of dusting powder, ultra violet photography and computer technology it will not take long to identify the conspirators. Alcohol, drugs, sexual immorality, lying, stealing, cheating and many others had left their fingerprints all over the scene. It would be obvious from the list of offenders that I had many enemies. Which one would do me in?

Finally after searching high and low, sifting through every fiber they could find, the farensics guys would put together a picture of evidence left in trace amounts throughout the scene of my life. They would discover as they moved deeper into the scene that the evidence of Self and the World were less predominant in the end of their investigation. The evidence would show a tilting of the scales in favor of Christ. The detectives would find that the blood trail left by self had diminished to a drip and that the fingerprints of the world were now smudged, scarcely visible or non-existant in many areas of the scene of my life. And there, at the end of the investigation they find a pile of evidence suggesting without a doubt that Jesus had been there.

I had no driver’s license for many years. Evidence of not obeying traffic laws and/or not taking care of the problem. I have been in pain 24 hours a day for twenty-seven years. Evidence of bad decisions and falling asleep behind the wheel of a car moving at seventy miles per hour. Two divorces and several failed relationships demonstrate a lack of God involved in picking my mate. Evidence of picking a woman for all the wrong reasons is all over each of those relationships. DUI’s, bad decisions, broken promises, lost jobs, money struggles, vehicle problems and more clearly show the presence of drugs and alcohol in my life. The list goes on and on but I think we get the point.

Christians are not perfect and Lord knows their lives are not perfect either. They suffer many trials and tribulations and it almost becomes unbearable at times. That’s ok, because it isn’t about the here and now… it’s about what’s at the end of this life. It’s about what’s on the other side. Glory! Joy! Love! Peace! Happiness! ETERNITY!

What the evidence showed in the past and what it will show in the future are not bound together. We do not have to continue leaving the same trail of evidence throughout our lives. We have the power to change the scene of our life from a blood bath to a Norman Rockwell painting! What can not be transformed at the hands of our Saviour? Christ can accomplish anything! There is nothing too hard for the Lord!!!

The scene of my life has developed some new evidence in the last several years. Evidence of Christ. Evidence of church and fellowship. Evidence of charity and love. Christ has brought out in me things that I did not know existed. He has stirred my heart in areas I never dreamed could affect me.

I am still unworthy. I am still a mess. But PRAISE GOD I am so much better than I was before. The evidence of Christ in my life shines through frequently nowadays. The change in me is evident to many who have known me for years. The change is evident to me in many areas as well. I still have a long way to go and I pray that no matter how far I have to go that I will have the Lord with me the whole way! I am nothing without Christ! Am I strong enough to make it? We’ll see, but for now… I think I’ll fight the good fight… or at least the best fight that I can! God help me to create evidence of You and Your Son and the Holy Spirit at the scene of my life! God help us all!