Are you wasting your life?

“Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.”  C.T. Studd

What would it mean to waste my life? 

What is the opposite of wasting my life?  To be successful in my career?  To accomplish something great?  To find great meaning in life?  To help other people?  To serve Christ?  To glorify God in all I do? 

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.”  Matthew 16:25

Or, in other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. 

The Christian may “burn out”, but he must not rust out.  Never give up.  Never quit.

“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.”  Romans 12:11

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24

“God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all spheres of life.  The wasted life is the life without passion.  God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work not to be made much of, but to make much of him in every part of our lives.”  John Piper

Many people let their lives go by without a passion for God.  They spend their lives on trivial things.  They live for comfort and pleasure.  They try to avoid sin but never really serve God.  Don’t get caught up in a life that counts for nothing.  If you really believe that to live is Christ and to die is gain, then do it.  Start now and find a way to do it. 

Don’t just go through the motions.

Play the song “Going Through the Motions” by Matthew West.

Are you wasting your life?  Are you just going through the motions?  Are you using your life to make a difference? 

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