I don't want to just live a Christian life, a life similiar to those around me glossed over with Christian values no matter how geniune one's faith might be. I want to be a true discpile of Christ, living in this world, but not of it, focusing on Him and awaiting eternity. This is not to say that I won't continue to love others, as that is exactly what Christ would want me to do!
Titus 2:11-14
11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Philippians 1:20-22
20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!
The more I let go, the more hope I have, the less I worry about tomorrow or next year or the rest of my life. This day is my life, and I'm not to worry about tomorrow as the rest of the world does. Sure, if I live another 50 years, I would like to marry and have children at some point. I would like to live in Russia. But these things are not the point. The point is to live each day awaiting Christ, yearning for eternity more than grandchildren and your 50th wedding anniversary. There's a song with the line, "I've never been so homesick now". May each trial and trouble simple make me yearn even more for the day of the Lord. May each blessing remind me of His love and may I view it as an opportunity to bless others. Sure, supporting Sarah and Stevo and the Aleevs' may seem like a stretch, a leap of faith, but the truth is, I have been blessed with more than enough. I refuse to let future temporal worries keep me from investing in eternity for others.
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