The life God has put in you...

Consider the life God has put in you and me. What is that life about?

Monday, October 6, 2008

I remember the time before that life, I remember my old life was about me, my desires, my pride, my fear, my time, my way, and my benefit over everybody else. Even in dear and intimate things as marriage and fatherhood, my own old life was only about me. One day, in the time determined by God I met the cross, and the blood of Jesus exchanged my old life for a new one… that is the life God put in me, not just the natural, but also the supernatural, the spiritual, the eternal life.

That life is about repentance, faith and reconciliation. It is about forgiveness and righteousness, it is about peace and clarity, it is about hope and love… it is as simple and sincere as it is powerful. In the new life I can understand purity, holiness and joy; statements like “Praise the Lord for His goodness”, or “My heart rejoices in God, just in Him I find delight” make profound sense in my new life. All of this is good, but is not all.

In the new life there is also purpose and meaning for existence. There is a call, a mission to fulfill, a quest to be obedient to this mission. Fulfilling this mission in the new life is not just a duty; it is pleasure and satisfaction… consider if the birds fly the skies out of duty, of if the sun shines out of duty… does the flowers blossom out of duty alone… or is if life itself that is revealed?

Consider the life God has put in you, and be obedient to it, live it out, consecrate to it… separate yourself to this life alone. As Jesus says… God will take care of the rest “… seek first His Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”