Safe Life

Did Jesus come to save us so we could live a safe life?

Respectable Christians living in respectable homes, attending respectable churches, wearing respectable clothes, raising respectable children, working respectable jobs, and wearing respectable fake smiles....

We hold tightly to our things, our possessions.

We hold loosely to our God....

It's more important for us to look good than to actually be good ....

God told us to be holy because he is holy (1 Peter 1:16) but we are more concerned with what we have, how we compare to our neighbors, and what others think about us.

We are living so contrary to the teaching of Jesus.

Our purpose in life is not safety, not happiness, not health; it is holiness.

We have too many desires and interests, and our lives are being consumed and wasted by them.  Many of them may be right, noble, and even good but they are taking our focus off our purpose – holiness.

Holiness means absolute purity of our walk before God, the words coming from our mouths, and even the very thought in our minds— placing every detail of our life under the scrutiny of God Himself.

Holy living is not safe living.  Someone will be offended.  Someone won’t speak to you.  Someone will think you are a “Jesus Freak.” 

However, holy living pleases God.

So what’s it going to be – safe living or holy living.