The Game of Life

Greetings in the precious name of Jesus Christ,

The game of life is a very interesting subject. I have often wondered why people say that life is a game. Is it to try and rationalize the crazy things that happen? Is it an attempt to not take life so seriously? Is it our feeble attempt to keep our sanity? Either way, how can we take anything in life serious, if it is a game? As I observed life situations, I ask myself, how in the world can we expect to be taken seriously, when all we do is play games? From childhood to adulthood we play games. We only get paid when we get older. Think of it, getting paid to play a game, not only that, but games pay more than professions. People that go to college and get an education and work hard to get ahead don’t come close to making the kind of money that playing a game does. Now isn’t that ironic?

People that play at life are treated like celebrities. All because they can hit, bounce, throw, and kick a ball. Let’s not forget those that can sing, dance and act, don’t get me wrong, I’m not belittling those with talent, but there's something wrong with a world that put these things before honest professions. There are more people who attend sports, rap, and rock and roll shows than attend church. There’s got to be something wrong with that scenario. How can these things be more attractive than truth and love? The dope dealer on the street corner is more alluring to our children than getting a job. We have young people in their 30’s playing video games and they have children of their own, also grandchildren. So what does that tell us? That we need to grow up and stop playing games.

So I have come to the conclusion that we work at play and play at work. That’s kind of backwards, isn’t it? The world is a backward place, with backward people, playing games. Sure games are fun; they give us some relief and stimulate our imagination. They take us to a place where we can dream or believe that we can do these things, only if. We can’t always be serious, but we have to put things in proper perspective. We have to realize that life is not a game, but is real and should be seen as such. We need a balance in our lives, which is where the word of God comes in, to guide us through the serious times.

We have too many people playing church and not taking the word of God serious, and this behavior trickles down to our children. I have heard many say “I’m not going to church where those hypocrites are, they want to tell us what to do and they don’t do it themselves.” People need to get real, because God is real and is not playing games. Life is real and not a game; please put things in their proper perspective so that our children will have proper examples to follow.

I will close with a scripture that hopefully will be food for thought. It comes from 1 Corinth.13:11 and I quote: When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

So until next week, may God grant you his knowledge, wisdom, and understanding through Jesus Christ, our lord and savior and His grace and mercy. Amen.