Do I love my neighbor as myself?
Do I stop and have a conversation with the kids on the street who just want some attention because of their abusive, drunk father?
Do I give food to the people on the street who can’t get a job because society won’t give them a chance?
Do I talk to people I don’t have any desire to, even though they so desperately want to be listened to?
Do I have a joyful heart while serving, knowing that whoever serves the least of these also serves Christ?
Am I living my life in Christ so that I may have it to the full?
Am I being 100% open about why I do what I do, or do I deny Christ by not recognizing him?
Do I trust God with my finances, even when the going gets hard?
Do I go to church and call myself good?
Am I willing to suffer for God?
Do I take up my cross and follow Him?
Do I take scripture seriously, or do I respond with “nice sermon”, “good book”, “good verses”, with no resulting action?
What am I doing with my time here on Earth?
This is what I do:
I store up treasures here on earth.
I give God the leftovers of my day, reading my Bible and heaping up half-hearted prayers when I’m exhausted.
I rarely think about the glory of Heaven, instead choosing to think about what I am going to have for lunch and what movie I should watch later.
I think about my to-do list, not that I could go to Heaven any time God wants to take me there…
I am a broken, selfish person.
But things in my life are changing… God’s radical love for me is transforming my heart.
The love that sent Jesus to be beaten, humiliated, and crucified as payment for all of humanity’s sin. The greatest gift that anyone could ever receive… A life forever with Him.
Because of how God has loved me before I was even formed in my mother’s womb…
I will be selfless.
I will have mercy.
I will have joy.
I will love my enemies.
I will rejoice.
I will live a life of worship.
I will hate evil.
I will love what is pure.
I will walk in the way of righteousness.
I will trust God.
I will love.
It’s a process and I will inevitably fail, but that’s where God’s incredible grace that took a murderer and made him his greatest disciple takes effect.
Will you join me?
