If we live, we live for the Lord. (Romans 14:8)
Each day, we wake up in the cross hairs of two ways to live – we can live large for the Lord or we can live little for ourselves. The first leads to living a life of meaning, significance, and purpose. The second leads to living a life of meaninglessness, insignificance, and purposelessness. The choice is always ours.
To live large is to live for the expansion of the cause of the Kingdom of Christ. It is the active participation in making all things new, by sharing the good news of the gospel with those we come in contact with. It is declaring the truths of the gospel with both our lips and our lives. It is a life that is marked by loving God and loving our neighbor, regardless of the cost or circumstance. On the other hand, living little is living a life of personal peace and self-fulfillment.
Remember, when you focus on Jesus, your life expands to the boundaries of God’s Kingdom. But when you focus on yourself, you shrink the size of your life down to the size of your life. So, who have you been living for lately? Look to Jesus and let Him enable you, empower you, and equip you to live for nothing smaller than Him. When you are living for Jesus, it may not look like you are living large from the world’s perspective, because they measure large by what you get. But when you are living for Jesus, you are truly living large, because He measures large by what you give.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 