Fulfilling our purpose

And so we go on to the final footnote to David’s life.

Surprisingly, it’s given by Paul in his sermon to the Jews in Pisidian Antioch as he preached the death and resurrection of Christ.

And he says of David,

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. (Acts 13:36)

I think that when I die, I want that to be my epitaph.

Now that Bruce has served God’s purpose in his own generation, he has fallen asleep.

As we’ve looked at the life of David, we’ve seen his highs and lows, his successes and failures, his great love for God, and his great sins.

But when all was said and done, Paul could say of David,

[He] had served God’s purpose in his own generation.

I’ve been alive for … years now.

And by God’s will, I’ll have many more.

I’ve already had my highs and lows, successes and failures, my times I’ve loved God with all my heart, and times when I’ve really struggled with sin and fallen.

And I’m pretty sure I’ll experience a lot more of these things until the day I die.

But more than anything else, when I see him face to face, I want God to be able to look at me and say, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You’ve done everything that I asked you to do.”

May God be able to say that to us all.

When the music fades into the past,
When the days of life are through,
What will be remembered of where I’ve come?
When all is said and done?

Will they say I loved my family?
That I was a faithful friend?
That I lived to tell of God’s own Son?
When all is said and done.

Of how I longed to see the hour,
When I would hear that trumpet sound.
So I could rise and see my Savior’s face,
And see him smile,
And say “Well done.”

—Geoff Moore