(philstar.com) Updated March 07, 2012
To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. — Romans 8:6
At a banquet for an academic society, I sat next to a
world-renowned scholar. I knew he was admired globally for the books he
had written and for his lectures. I also knew that for years he had
been struggling with depression. He told me that he was dependent on
medication and counseling to keep him going. Then he said, “But Jesus
Christ gives me a reason for living.” Those words are etched in my
memory.
Whether we are afflicted physically or distressed emotionally, or if
we are robustly healthy in body and mind, we all need a reason for
living. If we are merely existing from day to day, we understand what
Shakespeare meant when he wrote that our lives can be like “an idiot’s
tale, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
In the midst of our frantic activity we occasionally become aware
that apart from a life of faith in Christ there is no eternal purpose
for what we are doing. Our busyness keeps us from facing the fact that
everything we do adds up to zero — unless we believe what the apostle
Paul said, “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Phil.
1:21).
Is that your testimony? Are you experiencing in Jesus Christ a life that is really worth living? — Vernon
Grounds
Jesus is all the world to me,
My life, my joy, my all;
He is my strength from day to day.
Without Him I would fall. — Thompson
READ: John 4:4-15
Living for Jesus is the best reason for living.
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