We are called to Someone, not to do something.
Your Life and What Comes After
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We unplug from God, then wonder why the lights went out.
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Plugging Into God’s Forever Plan Now
Saturday Watchdog Alert: The Soul of America Is Still Searching
America is weird right now.
One headline says more Americans are becoming “spiritual” again. Another says traditional faith keeps declining while younger generations experiment with everything from astrology to paganism to “manifesting the universe.” Translation? People are starving for meaning but trying to fill the God-shaped hole with crystals, TikTok gurus, and “energy cleansing.” That’s like trying to fix a flat tire with whipped cream.
Meanwhile, Pew data shows religious “nones” remain historically high, even while some Gen Z young adults are suddenly curious about faith again after years of nihilism and anxiety. Turns out endless scrolling, hookup culture, and worshiping yourself doesn’t actually heal the human soul. Shocking. – FAITHWIRE
The Bible already explained this thousands of years ago:
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie…” — Romans 1:25
When a culture removes God, something else always rushes in to take His place. Politics. Pleasure. Identity. Occult spirituality. Rage. Self-worship. But none of them can carry the weight of eternity.
Here’s the good news: people searching for meaning are closer to the truth than people pretending life has no meaning at all. The hunger itself points to God.
Take 20 minutes and read from the Book of Matthew today. Look specifically for what it says about God’s mission statement for His people and His Creation.
I dare you.
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What is your part in the plan?
Saturday Watchdog Alert: When You Are Your Own God
The modern world promised freedom without God.
How’s that working out?
A recent report from the University of Southern California Center for Religion and Civic Culture says America continues to wrestle with the rise of the “nones” — people with no religious affiliation — even while many are desperately searching for spirituality again. Meanwhile, a Washington Post report on “nihilistic violent extremism” described a growing trend of young people embracing meaninglessness, rage, and destruction as identity itself.
That’s the problem with a culture that worships self.
When “you are your own god” becomes the national religion, eventually people realize their god is anxious, lonely, angry, addicted, and scrolling TikTok at 2:00 a.m.
So people drift into New Age spirituality, aesthetic Satanism, crystals, chaos, online occultism, or just plain numbness — because the human soul was built to worship something.
The Bible already diagnosed this centuries ago:
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.” — Romans 1:25
Here’s the good news: Jesus didn’t come to make you more religious. He came to rescue you from emptiness.
Turn off the noise for 15 minutes. No phone. No music. No doomscrolling. Think about your purpose in life and ask this:
“Are You really there?”
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Your Life and What Comes After: Plugging Into God’s Forever Plan Now
God Doesn’t Have A Plan For Your Life
Does God have a plan for your life? Nope.
God has a plan for His creation and your job is to find and fulfill your place in it.
You Actually Believe In Mother?
There are several versions of this extended metaphor, but here’s one I saw recently that I really like.
In a mother’s womb, there are two babies and one turns to the other and says, “Do you believe in life after delivery?”
The other replies, “Of course there has to be something after delivery. Maybe we’re here to prepare ourselves for what will be later. This can’t be the end.”
“Nonsense”, says the first baby, “There’s no life after delivery. We are here to enjoy ourselves. That’s it. Life after delivery? What kind of life would that be?”
“I don’t know”, said the second, “but maybe there’ll be more light than here. Maybe we’ll walk with our legs and eat with our mouths. Maybe we’ll have other senses we can’t understand now. Maybe it’s beyond our comprehension.”
“That’s ridiculous. Walking is impossible and eating with our mouths? That’s absurd. The umbilical cord is what scientifically supplies nutrition and all that we need, but it’s far too short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”
The other baby says, “What if it’s just different than it is here? Maybe we don’t need that physical cord anymore.”
The first replies, “Okay, if there were life after delivery, then tell me, why has no one ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life. And in the after delivery is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”
The second says, “But certainly we’ll meet mother and she’ll take care of us. She loves us. She made us.”
The first says, “You actually believe in mother? If mother exists, where is she now?”
“She’s all around us. We are of her. It is in her that we live. Without her, this world would not and could not exist.”
“I don’t see her. It’s only logical that she’s not here.”
“Sometimes when you’re in silence and you really listen, you can perceive her presence. You can hear her loving voice calling down from above.”
Your Life And What Comes After (53): Conclusion
So, what have we discovered from our look at Your Life and What Comes After: Plugging Into God’s Forever Plan Now?
God has a grand plan and purpose for His creation and you have an important part to play in it. You get to choose how you will live in light of God’s forever plan; it hasn’t been decided for you.
The road you walk in this world, in this life, comes to an end, but there’s an eternity of glorious life waiting for each of us, and all of us together. Each new day is important not only for this life but also for what comes next because the way you live now will echo into forever.
Jesus Said It Best
In the Book of Matthew, when Jesus taught His followers how to pray, He said this:
Matthew 6:9-10
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Remember that heaven isn’t in outer space or in the clouds somewhere, it’s the realm where God lives, invisible to our eyeballs now. His will is being done in heaven perfectly and His grand plan is working in us, through us, and around us so that one day it will be done perfectly on earth as well.
Until then we can also pray:
Thy will be done in my home, as it is in heaven.
Thy will be done in my heart, as it is in heaven.
Thy will be done at work and at school, as it is in heaven.
Thy will be done in my words, as it is in heaven.
Thy will be done in my relationships, as it is in heaven.
Thy will be done in my daily life, here and now, as it is in heaven.
That is how we plug into God’s forever plan now. When we walk with eternity in mind and keep our minds focused on God’s purposes, He will guide us into a life that is meaningful—though not always easy. A life that is fulfilling because we give and love as God gives and loves.
A life that will have challenges, victories, disappointments, and wonder—but that will always lead us to our Heavenly Father and the incredible and awesome things He has in store for us, now and forever.
Matthew 6:13b
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.