What Are You Living For?

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Gal. 2:20.

There is a minister who likes to share his Christian faith using two simple questions. If he is meeting someone for the first time, he will ask them, “What do you do for a living?” The person will answer, “I’m a doctor” or “I'm a lawyer ” I'm an  engineer" whatever it is they happen to do. That question works because we all do à. So it’s easy to get people to talk about what they do for a living. Then comes the second question: “What are you living for?” Usually there is a moment of silence because people don’t know how to answer that question. But it’s a good one because just as we all do something, we all live for something, even if we don’t know what it is.

This is a good place to pause and ask yourself “What am I living for?” Some people live for money. Some people live for fame. Some people live for approval of others. What exactly are you really living for? Difficult to answer right? To help you answer that question, let’s take a trip back in time to a place called Caesarea Philippi, a Roman city located north of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus asks the famous question, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” Matt. 16:13. And it is here Peter makes his confession, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” Matt. 16:16. 

But the conversation does not end there, for Jesus is seeking more than a confession; he is also seeking a commitment: “Now that you know who I am, are you willing to commit your life to me?” This is how Jesus puts the issue in Mark 8:34-36. "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" Henceforth, the choice becomes yours. Beyond what you do for a living, it's time to live for Jesus and the course of the gospel. It's time to commit your life to God for the security of your eternal destiny. Selah!

FURTHER READING: 

"But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:" Gal. 1:15-16.

"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." Jer. 1:5.

DECLARATION: 

Dear Abba Father, thank You for divine appointment and visitation coming upon my life today,  I anticipate the good things You have prepared for me today. Bring complete order to my day as I seek You first and make Your will my priority. I rejoice in the new day You have given me. I praise You for making it fruitful and productive. Thank You for teaching me ways to increase my effectiveness— to work smarter. I work according to Your agenda  In Jesus’s name, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:   

2 Cor.  10:1-18.

2 Cor. 11:1-33.

2 Cor. 12:1-21.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

"The Person And The Thing That Cannot Increase You, Will Eventually Decrease You."