In James 4:13-15 it talks about living your life the way that God intended, it says “if it fits the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.” This is not an easy thing to grasp or even understand. In our society with all it’s judgment and so called views on life it’s extremely hard to live this out. We are going to address what God has intended for us and how we can begin to revolutionize our world that so greatly needs God.
We are born into this world simply because God intended for us to do something, weather it be change the world or just impact one single person. We go to school for twelve or so years, so we can go into even more school in order to get a good job to sustain ourselves. This is an ongoing circle all around the world and this is how “it should be” according to the world. I beg to differ, God did not intend for us to go through this boring lifeless circle; school,work,kids,money. My question here is, is this how God intended for us to live our short lives? It is clear already that my answer is no. The creator of the heavens and the earth made me to spread His word and transform lives and i am just expected to go through the “motions” of life. This is not going well with me and I am absolutely positive that I am not the only one who feels this way.
In our society there are so many people who hate their jobs and are just completely miserable and yet they have everything, money, a house ,food,clothing; all the luxuries of life. If we are rich in all these things then why are there so many unhappy people out there. I could list quite a few reasons, but the biggest reason is simply that we are missing something. What is that something, well it is Jesus Christ our savior and father. The world needs God and the only way that the world will see God is if we allow ourselves to open our hearts,minds,eyes and ears and fully dive into a life for God, with God and do as He made you to do.
There are a lot of stories that go around about the experiences people had who have gone on a missions trips. The most common thing people says is:
“Theses people they had nothing and yet they were the happiest people I have ever met.”
This all by itself should make us stop sipping our morning coffee and make us ponder why this is. We have money and all the things a person could want; they have nothing at all except faith and they are the happiest people out there. How has this not changed the world already. We have become so lazy and self centered and our hearts have become hardened by the things of the world; but we still expect the world to change all on its own. We need to stop waiting for someone else to take the stand and go all in and show the world what living actually means. We need a revolution, a revolution of rare living. What is rare living, the definition of rare is coming or occurring far apart in time, unusual,uncommon. There are a handful of people who live their lives this way and they are often given the title “jesus freaks” or “crazy people.” In all honesty it would be a privilege to be called a “Jesus freak.” As christians we should be set apart, people should see a difference in us and question why we are the way we are. A rare way of living is having complete faith and confidence in God and not allowing the the fear of the world to get to us. When I say rare i mean a life that isn’t just what the world says life is: work ,sleep school etc. A rare life is an adventure with the one and only Jesus Christ, not being stuck or comfortable somewhere doing the same thing. A life of living out your God given passions and being who you know God made you to be; and not hiding behind “masks” and “walls”. Being free and full of the Holy Spirit and not afraid of the world. Living every day fully and not holding back on your callings.
It is easier said than done most people would say, but not me. This statement is often said because it makes us feel comfortable and not so bad about leaving it for another day. We need to stop being so comfortable and realize that our world is slowly crumbling and the only to fix this is become the disciples that God made and let Him use us in ways that no one could ever explain or understand. We need to start being missionaries exactly where we are, yes we need people over in Africa but we also need people here in the places that have wealth and stability. Just because we have riches doesn’t mean we are rich, we are poor in love and God and need this to be shown through our actions so we can slowly change the world. We need to be rooted in Christ and stop waiting for the world to change. If we all decide to stop living the common life we will understand how God intended for us to live and with that we can transform our world.
The world needs help, it is full of so many views and ideas that don't fill the hole in out hearts.We need to partner with God to show the world who Christ truly is. Instead of giving God small parts of your life make Him your life and you will realize how different life is. Are you living the life God planned for you? Are you happy living in this world we have created? Start now and stop waiting for someone else to stand out. Live a rare life, a life of God.
