“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.”
I was thinking about this recently. This topic of “belief in Jesus Christ” and “trusting” Him as your Lord and Savior. As I was thinking about it I realized that many Christians have an insufficient understanding of what that means. We have a mental consent that Jesus died for our sins and paid the price for us and we want that way to Heaven and to essentially tag that choice to our life and then continue. We even understand that it then requires us to have a different view of sin and to “do our best to not sin.” Which I have many thoughts about that topic as well but I will save that for another post.
But I was thinking about a more in depth description and understanding of the idea of trusting in Christ as Lord. It truly is everything. It is not that we just go ahead and put “Christian” or “Follower of Christ” in our bios and then just live life politely. It is so much more. For instance with my own life, one of my best friends asked me today what I was passionate about and I had to think about it. Ultimately my response was that, “I don’t really have many passions left besides just Jesus.” As I thought through my life and all the passions I have had and dreams and things I have devoted my time and energy to, I came to this realization that all of those have dulled and been replaced with an EXTREME desire for Jesus. Just to know Him and become like Him. I didn’t just “trust” Him, I have surrendered EVERYTHING to Him. My past, my present, my future. The things I spend my time doing. All my desires and dreams. My passions. My soul. Even my personality and thoughts. I have laid them all on the alter and set them on fire and let them burn as an offering to Him. I have passionate fellowship with Jesus because my heart is aflame!! It’s on fire for Him! Truly nothing else matters.
Now I don’t know if this is actually helpful for anyone reading this but I just thought I would share my thoughts a bit and then leave the comments open for any thoughts or questions! Thank you guys!!
-KidsLife Staff