Recently, I attended a church leadership conference that was geared towards young leaders. The speaker line-up consisted mostly of prominent young leaders from growing churches all around the nation. Pen and notebook in hand, I was ready for God to speak something fresh into me. I was disappointed and disheartened by what I heard.

Everyone loves the last second basketball buzzer beater or the touchdown catch as the clock expires...except for the losers. I learned all about that last week. My team lost our football game in the last second on a Hail Mary play.

We are fading lights only flickering shortly in the magnitude of history.

My wife is dreading going to the dentist. It's been a while since her last visit and if what she suspects is true, fixing the problem will cost a lot of time, pain and money. Her current plan is to ignore the pain and avoid knowing how bad things really are. Most of us are pretty much the same way about our soul. We know something is wrong, but we keep putting off God; hoping it will just go away.

This article was published on Relevant Magazine.com.