How different would you live if you knew that someday you would be going to live in a Beautiful, Magnificent, Glorious, Indescribable place. Where the Ruler is the Living God Almighty, gracious, loving, patient and kind. Where Holiness reigns.
How would you live on this earth. Because once you accept what Jesus has done on the cross for us, we have submitted ourselves to rid the old nature and put on the new given Christ Himself. Its as though we have traded our world passport to worldly gain and pleasure to an Eternal Passport to heaven. We are living for His Kingdom and His Glory. I reckon that is why the Apostles were so passionate and serious in their walk with God, Striving to enter through the narrow gate. Persevering in the race of faith! Sharing the gospel with their life! Having no other goal but to share this Good News and live for it and even some die for it! Knowing that 11 of the 12 apostles were martyrs its crazy to see how the church of the now relate to the true gospel as there seem to be lost the joy of suffering, taking up of cross, denial of self, counting the cost, repentance and everything that the Bible Speaks of regarding being a Christian.
Shouldn't all we believers strive the same? I don't understand how after we have known our natural condition and what Christ has suffered for us, that we would rather bath in pleasures of this world. Wouldn't it be much more joy in being a partaker of the suffering of Christ, and be part of His will and plans!
Honestly, i do find it hard to be a Christian in this time and age, especially since the Church and the World seem to be so similar that Christianity looks exactly just like the world except once you Accept Christ ,you can also gain eternal life and God will just help you achieve all your dreams and help with your self esteem because you are now a child of God, and just help you with living in this life better ( Which i find so prevalent in Church Culture nowadays ).
Part of me just want to really be with the needy, share the gospel to those who have not heard of it. Really Live and Share the Good News, Live for Christ completely. To train and teach Children about Jesus and about walking in the Light, about prayer and about God and His Powerful Word. About Trust and Obedience. To be able to cloth children who have no clothes, and provide them shelter and food. I am so tired of myself, Tired of just receiving. Tired of me.
We live in a culture that is already so much about us, everything is now Personalized, everyone is always Upgrading to the latest gadgets, following the Latest Fashion Trends, Taking Selfies, Sharing photo's on Instagram, Facebook.... Its true the Bible saying that "in time to come people will soon be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, always trying to get the best for themselves...etc"
Its never ending the ability to gratify self. To please self immediately. To love the world the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. How prevalent is it and how much are we living in it!? Because most of us have been born in it and it is a culture so normal that we would seem so strange if we do not conform.
I do know that God, He renews our hearts and transforms our mind. And all these things He will soon shine the light on and we can see our true nature, so that we may persevere to live in our new man found in Christ. That soon everything will look like vanity, a waste and fleeting. That soon, all we Christians will choose Christ and Christ alone and allow Him to lead us wherever He wishes!
" These men of faith... for they agreed that this earth was not their real home but that they were just strangers visiting down here. And quite obviously when they talked like that, they were looking forward to their real home in heaven. If they had wanted to, they could have gone back to the good things of this world. But they didn't want to. They were living for heaven. " - Hebrew 11:11-16
We no longer belong to this world, Our Citizenship is in heaven. Perhaps this is why i feel so out of place in this world and the desires of this world slowly have less of a hold on me each time. Lets keep our eyes above and not on this earth! Amen.
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