serving like Christ
As servants of Christ we are to become like Christ. We are to take him as an example and follow in his footsteps. Once we are walking down that path, if we lift up our eyes to see where it leads, we will see the Cross. The life of a Christian is a life of continual death to self. One of my favorite verses in the bible is Ephesians 5:1. In it, Paul tells us to sacrifice ourselves for the others around us just like Christ gave himself up. I often get caught up in “me” Christianity. I am worried about my struggles, my hopes, my relationship with the father. These are all good things to think about, but somewhere in the mix it is easy to loose sight of other people.
1 John 3:16-18 tells us to give up our lives for others. Then John cautions us not to just talk about loving people, but actually get up off our butts and act. It is very easy for us to say we love someone. It is another thing entirely to actually give up a part of our life for them. What are the things that you hold onto that limit your ability to love other people? How do you spend your time everyday? How are people served by you playing video games? In my life it is easy for me to just go about my day doing my little things. None of these activities that I like are necessarily wrong. But the bible does not charge us to “not hurt anyone” it tells us to go out and actively love one another sacrificially.
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