Finding The True Essence Of Living.

"For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity." Phil. 1:21. Amp.

Do you know why God put you where you are right now? That’s a tough question for some of us to answer. Have you wondered about that? Do you think it happened by chance? Why has God given you  a good job  or left in that job? Is there a larger purpose at work in your life? Let me ask that question from a completely different perspective. What will you have to show for your life when you stand before Jesus Christ? A good job? A good degree? Money in the bank? Lots of friends? A large reputation? A successful career? The praise of others? A winning record? A bag full of awards? Etc.

If that’s all you’ve got to show for your life, then you really don’t have much going for you. Sooner than you think, you’ll be lying in a box six feet underground with grass growing over your head. And the things you worked so hard for won’t matter at all. Someone else will have your money and your job. Your fame will fade, your glory will disappear, and everything you now own will belong to others (and someone else will be sitting in your pew at church). You will eventually be forgotten except by those people who stumble on your gravestone 100 years from now and say, “I wonder who this guy was.”

What will you have to show for your life when you stand before Jesus Christ? Only two things in this world are eternal-the Word of God and people. It only makes sense to build your life around those things that will last forever. The Word of God will last forever. People last forever. Everything else disappears. So then let us press on to serve the Lord with joy, with vigour, and with unlimited confidence in God. We can risk it all for Christ, living with no regrets and with nothing held back, knowing that when our time on earth is done, the Lord himself will take us home to heaven. Serve with joy and gladness invest in people there is eternal reward for it, selah!

FURTHER READING: 

"Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel," Phil. 1:27.

"so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God," Col. 1:10.

DECLARATION: 

Dear Abba Father, thank You for another beautiful day. I will rejoice and be glad. I ask in the name of Jesus that you bless today the works of my hands. Let my name be associated with good things and favour. Shield me from persecution and false accusations; guard me against greed, discouragement, and sabotage. I step out today into grace and unquantifiable blessedness. This is my portion in the land of the living In Jesus’s name, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 

Rev. 7:1-17.

Rev. 8:1-13.

Rev. 9:1-21.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

"Who You Are Is What You Reproduce. The Source Determines The Product."