love is the only thing worth living and dying for, the thing that the world is missing. the american dream is just that, a dream, an unobtainable lie that steals away the life we should be living. Jesus tells us not to store up treasure on earth where thieves can steal, where moths and rust can destroy. so what do we do instead?
well, as for me i will serve the LORD. i will follow Jesus. not the Jesus most of america thinks they know, the one hanging on a cross in all the church buildings. if all you know of Jesus is his death then you are missing something great, his LIFE.
yes, Jesus died on a cross to redeem the world. we can share that with everyone we meet, but if we ignore Jesus’ LIFE, His LOVE, then we only know half the story. for me, Jesus’ LIFE is what i will chase after, His LOVE.
see the part about dying to give me eternal life, while its important, leaves out the part about how i’m supposed to live my life. in america everyone seems to know the death part, whether or not we believe. everyone knows about heaven and hell. but Jesus didn’t ask people to believe in Him just so they can go to heaven. Jesus lived a life that He asked others to FOLLOW.
what do you know of His LIFE?
the Son of God could have the whole world, all of creation at His fingertips, feasts, gold, every desire under the sun. Jesus was homeless. Jesus lived a life of service. Jesus prayed and even fasted. Jesus LIVED and He LOVED.
He LOVED prostitutes, He LOVED beggars and thieves, not only His family and friends, those whom it is easy to love. Jesus LOVED those that the rest of the world somehow believes are unloveable. and He LOVED outrageously.
Jesus turned the world upside down. Jesus LOVED so greatly that it cost Him His life. Jesus wasn’t beaten and hung on a cross just because it was what would redeem the world. Jesus’ death was a result of His LIFE. Jesus shook society at its core with His teachings and people were pissed. the first shall be last and the last shall be first. the servants, the meek, the poor, the hungry, the merciful, those who thirst for righteousness, these are the blessed.
do you hunger and thirst for righteousness? is there something within you crying out, groaning under the pressure of an unjust world? do you see the world as it could be if only we could LOVE?
Jesus prays “Our Father in heaven, your kingdom COME, your will be done, on EARTH as it is in heaven…”
what if we all LIVED like Jesus? what if we all LOVED like Jesus?
i will not believe in a Jesus who saves just so i can go to heaven. i will not wait for heaven. i will chase after the LIFE of Jesus. i will laugh, i will CRY, i will FAIL, i will dance, i will FALL, i will be BROKEN and restored. i will LIVE and LOVE.
it won’t look the way you might expect and you may think i’ve lost my mind. but do you know Jesus? do you know His LIFE and His death, how the world mocked Him?
do you know His LOVE?
