God has not called
you to "be all you can be". He
has no interest whatsoever in you developing your potential or making something
of yourself. He is transforming you that
the Son of Man might live through you.
What good really is it that you gain the world and lose your soul? Anyone can reach their potential and have no
need of Jesus Christ whatsoever. The
Lord did not send His Son to die for you so you could do that! Our Savior gave up His life on the Cross to
redeem you from all your scurryings and strivings because it all leads no where
but to destruction. He bought you back
from death so that you might be made complete in Christ alone. Your education and professional advancement
and success at getting your children into prestigious colleges is of no use to
God at all and even less use to you if the Lordship of Christ is not front and
center in you. If He is not the Life in
your life, then you have made a wreck of the opportunity God has given you to
be. Satan is more than happy to let you
continue your course as long as Christ is not spilling out of you in your daily
dealings. If Jesus Christ does not
tumble forth from you as you get after your work assignments, while you are
doing the dishes and as you settle down at the library to start your homework,
then it is a meaningless exercise. But
if the Spirit of God generates your whirl of activities, even if they are
mundane, then you have lived well. What
good is your sermon if it does not have the taste of Jesus Christ in it and of
what use are your flashes of brilliance as you entertain your friends if
nothing of it has the aroma of Christ?
Everywhere you go, the resurrected Christ goes with you. Your challenge is to let Him loose. Give Him sway wherever you are! The power of God working through you is the
greatest of miracles! Why would you ever
keep that back? Let just one person in
on your life with Christ and a landslide of sweetness might spill out of you
into a world waiting for a single soul to come its way with Jesus Christ at the
forefront of what she does.
If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the
very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God
provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 4:11 NIV
