Living for the World to Come
What the world needs today is a generation of believers who have as their motto, “No reserves! No retreats! No regrets!” What is needed is a fresh wave of committed men and women who cry out, “Anything! Anywhere! Anytime! for Christ!”
It will take people who will pay the price to stand against the tide of this world and choose to live for the world to come. It will take disciples of Christ!
The world today is looking for authenticity in those who call themselves followers of Jesus. The great crisis facing the world is a spiritual crisis. The world needs Christ. But it will only have the opportunity to respond if believers live lives focused on eternity instead of the temporal.
The Chinese character for ‘crisis’ is made up of two other characters meaning ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity.’ The spiritual crisis in the world today does indeed have dangerous implications. Untold millions live quietly desperate lives, looking for answers everywhere except to the One who can help.
But this time in history is also a prime opportunity. Never in history have so many been so desperate for answers to life’s seemingly impossible problems. Believers know the One who can solve life’s problems. Will they seek to know Christ in an ever-deepening way? Will they seek to make Him known on an every broadening horizon?
The highest good in the Christian life is not serving Christ full-time. God’s best for any individual is discovering His plan for your life and then doing it with your whole heart! Some will be called to full-time ministry, but many will serve Him as lay men and women bringing His love into their respective spheres of influence. Whether full-time or laity, we are to give our all to and for Christ.
Teddy Roosevelt said many years ago, “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Will you decide to live for Christ?
Will you choose to live for the world to come?
Developing Kingdom Leaders - Tom Yeakley 