Monday, June 18, 2012

Urgency

John 10:10 
The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. (NLT) ...I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (NASV) 

It is so easy to think we need to do God's work for Him. We forget what Jesus did while he walked the earth. He reached out to everyone by being who he was. He was not Bible bashing or telling everyone they needed to follow him or they would go to hell in the afterlife.

He completed the Father's work. As he was led, he healed and taught. Those who were healed became followers and learned from him as he taught life lessons which always lined up with the scripture they knew.

God wants us to live life to the fullest. The New Testament is filled with details for living life in harmony and truth. We need to read it, absorb it, and live it.

The urgency is not about where others are going to end up. No, It is about life here on earth right now. It is about living a rich and satisfying life, an abundant one. And as we go about life, others God has for us to meet will come across out paths so we might share His light with them.

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