The Apostle Paul understood
what life was all about. For him the
only thing that mattered was his telling others about Jesus. He had to do other things, but everything
revolved around his passion for Christ.
Paul was so passionate about Christ because he knew from personal
experience what life was like without Christ and what a difference Jesus had
made in him. The difference was so
profound and deep that he couldn’t do anything else with his life.
I wonder if one of
the reasons why so many of us are not equally driven to tell others about
Christ is because we haven’t had the life-changing experience Paul had. Paul was shaken to the very core of his being
by Christ. The Lord changed him from
being a self-driven, passionate hater of the Church to a Christ-driven lover of
the Church. Paul was not the same man
after his encounter with Christ. He
thought differently about things and he acted differently.
For far too many of
us, we don’t think or act too much differently after we accept Christ as our
Savior as we did before we met Him. We
seem to be content to go on doing what we want to do. We don’t want to consider doing anything
radically different. We don’t have the
passion that Paul had for Christ or the lost who need to know Him. Why?
How can we say Jesus is our Savior and Lord when nothing much has
changed in us?
We need to learn to
appreciate what the Lord has and is doing in us. We need to capture the wonder of His
touch. We need to think more about the
difference Christ does make in our lives.
We need to let go of our hold on us and let the Lord take control. We need to get serious about what it means to
have Jesus in our hearts.
Jesus does radically
change us. He cannot be in us and not
change us. He never quits changing
us. He changes us and gives us a deep
passion for those who don’t have the same heart for Him as we do. Sharing our faith with others becomes the
driving force in all of our living. Let
Jesus have His way with you and “He changed me” will be your rallying cry.
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