Taking Notes on Life

Have you ever recorded minutes for a meeting? Whether you were taking notes at work or for a volunteer organization, such as the PTA at your child’s school, taking minutes and reporting on them at a follow-up meeting is an important responsibility.

What ideas were discussed?

How were those ideas followed up on?

Who, including yourself, agreed to complete certain tasks before the next meeting? And were those tasks completed on time, and correctly? 

Recording minutes looks pretty mundane from the outside, but this person ultimately holds colleagues accountable to their responsibilities.

If someone was taking minutes on your life, what would those minutes say about you?

Romans 14:12 says, “So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.”

In this verse, Paul isn’t talking about salvation; when you’ve given your heart to the Lord, He offers forgiveness and salvation freely. We can’t earn or lose God’s promise of eternal life for us. Salvation is a gift.

Paul is talking about the judgment seat of Christ—a moment at the end of time when we will be accountable to Jesus for our actions. 

Did we create lasting value? 

Did we serve Him, and others, well? 

Were we ultimately responsible during our lifetime?

As believers, our goal should be to leave lasting value, to impact others for eternity, and ultimately to take responsibility for the legacy we are leaving in the name of Jesus.

A godly man is responsible.

Let’s pray.

Lord, along with the gift of salvation comes the incredible responsibility of sharing the Good News with others. Thank you for loving us enough to sacrifice yourself for us, and for the gift of salvation. Help us each to be responsible for sharing that gift with others. We love you. In Jesus’ name, amen.

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Have you ever recorded minutes for a meeting,
whether you were taking notes atwork or for a volunteer
organization such as the PTA atyour child's school?
Taking minutes and reporting onthem at a follow-up meeting is
an important responsibility.
What ideas were discussed?
How were those ideas followedup on?
Who, including yourself, agreedto complete certain tasks

(00:23):
before the next meeting, andwere those tasks completed on
time and correctly?
Recording minutes looks prettymundane from the outside, but
this person ultimately holdscolleagues accountable to their
responsibilities.
If someone was taking minuteson your life, what would those
minutes say about you?
Romans 14.12 says so.

(00:46):
Then each of us will give anaccount of ourselves to God.
In this verse, paul isn'ttalking about salvation.
When you've given your heart tothe Lord, he offers forgiveness
and salvation freely.
We can't earn or lose God'spromise of eternal life.
For us, salvation is a gift.

(01:06):
Paul is talking about thejudgment seat of Christ, a
moment at the end of time whenwe will be accountable to Jesus
for our actions.
Did we create lasting value?
Did we serve Him and otherswell?
Were we ultimately responsibleduring our lifetime?
As believers, our goal shouldbe to leave lasting value, to

(01:31):
impact others for eternity andultimately, to take
responsibility for the legacy weare leaving in the name of
Jesus.
A godly man is responsible.
Let's pray Lord.
Along with the gift ofsalvation comes the incredible

(01:53):
responsibility of sharing thegood news with others.
Thank you for loving us enoughto sacrifice yourself for us and
for the gift of salvation.
Help us each to be responsiblefor sharing that gift with
others.
We love you In Jesus' name.