Sunday, July 22, 2007

Got Life?

It appears to me that a lot of people think that being a Christian means you simply "don't do" a lot of things. Right? I mean if you're a Christian, you "don't drink, don't smoke, and don't go with girls that do." Right? It means that you "give up" all the "fun" things in life and instead live in some tranquil, peaceful, meditative state...in other words...some boring place where you don't get to play all the reindeer games.

Nothing could be further from the truth. There is no true freedom except that which comes through Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth and the life. John 10:10 says, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Another version says, "have it more abundantly". That doesn't sound like being left out of anything to me.

In the movie the Usual Suspects, one character states, "The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist."

Don't be tricked into thinking a life with Christ is somehow a life missing something. Actually, maybe it is exactly that...it is missing life to the full.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6.

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