Seriously. Yes I do agree, every open door is an opportunity, but it may not be the right way out. I've heard the phrase many times, "If God didn't want you to do that, He would've never opened up that option!"
Really? So why not be a prostitute, or a beggar, or even a murderer? For what it's worth, those options will never be closed. But the questions we have to ask ourselves at the end of the day is, is it the right thing to do?
You don't have to be a Christian in order to know, that we all have choices to make, and the decisions we choose, affect not just how we will live after that, but it is a reflection of how we have already been living.
This verse captured the essence of the previous statement that I just made.
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." - Matthew 6:21 (ESV)
You can't hide what is in the innermost of your soul, because it will surely show in the things you do, the decisions you make and even the things you say and think about. That's why it is there.
Many times when we look deeply and intently behind why we make certain decisions, we'll not find something so pretty as what most people see.
So then how should we live? Is there anything that guides how we should live our lives? Should we even care, pertaining to the previous question?
This is where I make my stand. Yes there is an ultimate and perfect standard of what life is all about.
Contrary to what it seems, it's not about having the perfect job, the perfect wife, being morally upright or even being selfless.
But it is recognising first and foremost, that we are the worst, most notorious, vile beings that possible could exist on the face of the earth. So much so, we are worst than dirt.
I mean think about it, dirt never thought about dirty thoughts that objectify another person. Dirt never treated someone else like dirt. Dirt certainly never killed anyone. And dirt most probably never hated anyone.
Oh so this is where I share the Christian message right? This is where I tell you that there is a God who condemns people, who strips us of our rights of enjoying life, who sets so many laws and lords over us like a tyrant but still seemingly loves us to the deepest ends of the earth?
Wrong. His love for us goes beyond the furthest star, and even all of creation.
We can talk all day and debate with a million reasons why you would and many other people out there in the world say that He is not so great after all. I mean if He did create EVERYTHING, why would there still be good people dying on the streets, natural disasters killing the innocent, and even helpless people being raped and abused across the nations?
But let me just ask you this question. If God didn't exist, would the selfishness of man cease to exist? Would lust, temptation, pride, sexual immorality, hurt, pain, agony, sorrow, sadness, loss, depression still remain? And the list would go on.
The point here my friend, is not to convince you that I am right. Or that you should become a Christian, I mean so what if you did, that doesn't solve the many problems we see around us.
What I'm letting you see for yourself, is that there is a very real problem, and that we are in need of a very real solution. And that solution, can only be found in the Creator Himself.
Christianity, is not a way of life, it's not a moral code of living and it's not even a religion.
Rather, it is a call, to trust and obey a God, who loves us so, that HE gave His one and only Son to die so that all those who believes in Him, shall not face the eternal consequences of the wrath of an angry God for people who turned against Him, but be able to live a life that pleases Him - the One who created us, loves us and continues to sustain us as His children.
Let me leave you my dear friends, with a song that has touched my heart, and I hope it will bless you this day as well :)
This Life I Live
This life I live is not my own
for my Redeemer paid the price
He took it to be His alone
to be His treasure and His prize
The things of earth I live behind
to live in worship of my King
His is the right to rule my life
mine is the joy to live for Him
I died to sin upon that cross
I'm bound to Jesus in His death
The old is gone and now I must
rely on Him for every breath
With every footstep that I tread
what mysteries He has in store
I cannot know what lies ahead
but know that He has gone before
There is a voice that pierced the grave
a power that rolled the stone away
A sound of life I know I'm saved
the voice of God has called my name
So I will rise and in the air
behold the glory of the king
I will not fear to meet Him there
I know my life is hid with Him.
Peace be with you this day :)
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