1 Peter 1:23 (NLT) For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal,living word of God.
Leave it up to this world to confuse us about what true living and real life looks like for us. We come to Christ empty,drained and tired after running as hard as we can after everything the world promises will make us happy, fulfilled and satisfied. We chase after the riches, excitement ,and pleasures yet even when we get a taste of THAT it still isn’t enough. Today in my own life I am learning about the balance of what true living looks like for me as a believer.
I am learning its peace and not pleasure that is really satisfying to my soul and spirit.
It reads in 2 Peter 1:3 (NLT ) By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.
I have said it before but it so POWERFUL that it bears repeating again in this Holy Week: True living comes when you believe and confess Jesus Christ to be Lord of your life. . You can’t know what LIFE is without the one who is LIFE. John 11:25 (NLT) Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
Before you come to really know Him then you are always searching and seeking for something or someone to make you happy and give you a sense of wholeness.
The more I walk with Christ the more whole and fulfilled I am in HIM with my life. I have stopped being that empty, needy person who is always asking for validation and confirmation. True living is also having enough in US that we can give to another out of the abundance that God pours into us.
On this Good Friday where we observe the suffering and death that Jesus suffered in our place. Let us not waste this precious gift by wasting our time in this world living as if we were dead. True living is living life abundantly. And that means true living is staying connected to our Source: Jesus Christ.
Be Blessed, Manie
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