Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Don't Waste Your Life
Recently a lot's been going on in my life. As I've found myself growing up some, I've been faced with fear, confusion and decisions. I haven't really stopped to think about it all, and then I did. I found myself on a path I had set; a path that I wanted to follow. I hadn't been seeking God like I should. I hadn't been asking Him what His will was for my life. I started looking, searching for Him and what He wanted for my life. I started reading parts of "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper, and realized that I was going through my life with a "whatever" attitude. I've been living a lazy, self-centered life, completely blinded to others and what's going on around me. Let's just say that I've had a wake-up call. While I've been sitting at home doing nothing, people have been risking their lives to spread Christ. While I've been wasting time on face book and the internet, there are people who are dying for Christ. When I step back and look at my life I have to ask "What exactly have I been doing with my life?" God gave me this life to use to glorify Him and further His kingdom, and I've used it for myself! I've been ignoring my Creator and Provider who gave me this life. I mean, He's always gonna be there, right? He wasn't top priority in my life, because I knew He's always there. I've been too comfortable in my Christian life. What if I died tomorrow?? What if I died today?? If someone asked if I had wasted my life, I would have to honestly answer them that yes, I have. That's something that's really hard to own up to, but until I was able to own up to that, I couldn't do anything to change it. I want people to look at me and see Christ. I want to further His kingdom in any way I can. I don't want to get to the end of my life and realize I've wasted it. So, I'm going to do something about it. With God's help I'm going to change the way I live. I want to wake up every morning and my first thought to be "What can I do for Christ today?" It's going to be hard, but Christ is worth it. So just think. Have you made the same mistake I have? Are you wasting your life?
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Wow, Jenah. That was awesome! God is totally worth all our being, our time, our life. Well in reality, it is really His being, his time, and his life. Thanks for posting that. It was well worth reading. How often I fail to wake up each morning with that thought. And even when I do have it, I always seem to stray away from it as the day wears on. Speaking from experience I have gone through this same thing. Just don't let your failures get you down...! And you will succeed.
ReplyDeleteIt was GREAT meeting you Saturday. =)
Leah
Hey!! Thanks!! It was great meeting you as well! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that, Jen. I think we all feel that way at times and it's good that God gives us these merciful "wake up calls" or else we'd keep on going in our hum-drum, selfish lives.
ReplyDeleteOooh, and while I'm at it, you can hop over and see my blog! He he!
Alright. See you soon!
Wow, that is really thought provoking. You are absolutely right!! Sometimes we are so blinded and narrow-sighted. If we would just wake up a little bit and look beyond ourselves maybe we could see the big picture, ya know?
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this! It is really encouraging to know that I'm not alone in this "dilemma" lol!
<3 *hugs!*
Jen,
ReplyDeleteI didn't read this post until today, and I totally agree...too many of us are living our lives in a lazy manner! It's amazing how you voiced my thoughts. I too have realized that I took God for granted! Instead of using each moment to get closer to Him, and to glorify Him. And I have to admit, I haven't accomplished much myself in my life. But hopefully we won't get stuck there, but conquer and go on to glorify the Lord in our lives.
Have a blessed new year!