“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Eph. 2:10

You’ve heard the saying, “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” How about “where there’s a will, there’s a purposeful life?” Think about it…every person has but one life to live, invest and spend for the next generations. When the funeral is over our material possessions remain behind to be distributed, usually through a legal will, to others who may or may not appreciate what they receive, and who may or may not use them for Kingdom purposes. We are no longer in a position to exercise any control over the outcomes.

Consider what might happen, however, if we took a different view of wills. For example, material assets are not the only assets we possess, nor are they necessarily the most valuable. Each of us possess a unique combination of non-material, living assets as well that have as much or more intrinsic value than any material asset we have. While both material and non-material assets can be invested, spent or disposed of while we’re still living, it is only the non-material assets that will die with us when our life is over if we have not previously distributed them. If we unwisely hoard, hide or carelessly waste these assets in this life, then that which was given for the purpose of blessing others is lost forever, and so also the opportunity to experience the abundant life Christ promises those who follow Him.

In other words, only we can distribute our non-material assets and they must be put to use before we die or they lose all the meaning, love and power they are intended to provide.  A legal will may designate who gets our material assets, but none of our non-material assets can be given away by a legal document. Going to the grave without having personally invested them will guarantee two things.  First, God’s intended purpose for those assets will be diminished, if not missed entirely, unless He raises up another for that purpose.  Secondly, we will miss the privilege and reward of being God’s agent of blessing to those we love for those purposes.

Why not create a true living will that lists all the assets God has given you and how God would have you invest them for the Kingdom now? Don’t miss out on the joy of being a conduit of God’s grace by hiding away those vital assets God gave you to bless another generation. Live your life as a living will—God’s workmanship.

GRANDPAUSE: Whatever He wills becomes great to us, however seemingly trifling. We have no right to measure its importance… How do you know what you may lose by neglecting this duty, which you think so trifling, or the blessing which its faithful performance may bring? -Jean Nicolas Grou