What are you lacking?Are you going through life doing all the right things, saying all the right things and still feel like you are lacking something? This is exactly what the rich young ruler sought out Jesus to ask. He was living right, obeying the commandments but was still lacking. Jesus could see right through him and Jesus saw his greatest weakness, his wealth.
As I was traveling with a friend today he told me about a cousin who was close to making a decision for Christ but didn’t want to give up something in his lifestyle. He was a great guy, loves his wife and kids. He is a firefighter and loves helping others, but he is still lacking something, eternal life. He loves his lifestyle more than the opportunity to gain eternal life with Christ.
He doesn’t know why but he is going away sad along with his family that loves him. Do you know others who are still lacking, look for their greatest need and try to meet them where they are at and share the greatest thing, Jesus Christ.
Dave
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Good stuff Dave!
It's amazing how Satan uses the temporal things of this world to prevent us from making a decision to serve Christ. Even as "followers of Christ" we still get distracted by the things that will pass away. I wonder, how can we rid ourselves of distraction?
Mike
Dave,
Well done.
I think about I John 2:16, "All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life."
Translated: Hedonism, Materialism, Narcissism. Each one of these can keep us from comitting to Christ. I wonder if that is what Hebrews 12:1 is suggesting when it says, " . . . let us lay aside every weight and THE sin which doth so easily beset us.
Andy
I see this a lot, people that are on the fence because they don't want to give up something in their life to follow Christ. It is a hard road that only the faithful will travel.
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