Increase Your Happiness Now by Living in Light of Coming Judgment

If you feel overburdened by how much there is to do, you may find a lot of freedom by living in light of coming judgment. And what I mean is this.

There are many things we will be held accountable for, but there are so many things we will not.

We will give account for how well we loved people (our choice), but not for whether we made other people happy (their choice).

We are responsible to speak up (our decision). We will not be asked on Judgment Day, however, whether we successfully changed the tide of culture (others’ decisions). Over the centuries, millions have spoken out in obedience to God and the culture rejected them instead of listening, Jesus being the obvious example. But he doesn’t call us to make people change, only to obey him.

Also, we involve ourselves in a lot of things that seem good but perhaps God didn’t call us to them. Maybe we choose what’s good in our eyes instead of what’s best in his. And at the Last Day, we only answer for what he / we are only rewarded for what he called us to do.

So if we feel very weighed down by having too much to do, it may simplify some things if we live more in light of coming judgment.