September 25, 2022

Passage Read: Galatians 1-2
Meditation Verse: 2:20

Thought

If I died and now the life I live is Christ's, how can I think of my life as being my own in any way? Am I not all the more a slave of Jesus Christ? And if Christ loves me so much as to give His life to save me, do I need to fear at all anything He might ask me to do, anything He might do with me? Even if He wants to do something painful or scary with my life, do I have any say anymore? My life is done. I died with Christ, the life I'm now living is His life and I'm just along for the ride. If He wants to step in and help a brother with a motel he's been having trouble with, what is that to me? It's His life to do with as He pleases. I belong to Him and so does my life. If He wants this body to continue raising support and go back out onto the field, then who am I to argue?

Application

My life is not my own and I shouldn't be worrying about what this or that will do to me or how it will affect my life. It's no longer my life. I'm living for Jesus to do what He wants done. I don't live for my own goals and purposes, but for Jesus'. What does He need done now? Where does He want me? It doesn't matter how long or what I personally get out of it. It only matters that Jesus wants it done. The more abandoned I am to do His will, the more reward He will have for me when I stand face to face with Him. My life is not for me or my agenda, but for Him and His agenda.