What is Life. From May 12, 2012

May 12, 2012 What is life?

What is life? Some definitions of life can be defined as: Living beings; the animation, sustenance or vitality of something, a matter of living; period of birth to death; spiritual existence transcending death; salvation.

 Are you living your life for our Lord and Savior? What is life to you? Is life as the old saying goes, just passing you by? What are you doing with your life? What was your life like before you accepted Jesus Christ into your life? Am I doing what God wants for me to do, am I living the life that he planned for me? These are all questions that we need to ask ourselves for God wants the good life for you and has great plans for you. If we are not living the life that God wants for us is it because we went astray? Is Satan interfering in our lives? The answer to that is yes as we all know Satan came to steal, kill and destroy us in any way that he can to keep us from living the live that God has planned for us.

 Life comes from God Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person.”

 God carefully creates each person Psalm 139:13-14 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well I know it.”

 God plans the lives of people before they are born. Jeremiah 1:5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I sat you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world.

 We need to listen for that still, small voice that is within us, we need to hear what the Holy Spirit is telling us but too many times the “noise” of the world overrides what God is trying to tell us. We are too busy with what is going on in the world to hear our Father talking to us. We need to take time out of our busy schedule to “talk” to our Father and to listen to what He is saying. Sometimes what He is telling us will not make any since at all in the world but if you follow it you will be blessed. Doors will open that was not open before and you will begin the journey or path that God wants you to take. It is a straight and narrow path, don’t look to the right or the left, and don’t become distracted and stray from the path that God has sat before you.

Jesus came to give us abundant life, in John 10:10 it says, “The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” Jesus is the reason for life because in Philippians 1:21 Paul is telling us “For to me, living is for Christ and dying is even better, and in verse 22 Paul tells us “yet if I live, that means fruitful service for Christ.”

 We should all strive to honor God in our daily life in Colossians 3:17 it tells us “and whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” Beloved lets live for Christ and all that He has for us. May the good Lord keep you and bless you and your family.