Don't Waste Your Life

What comprises a meaningful life? What are some things in your life that provide meaning? What are things in life you find worth living for?

All of us are searching for meaning. Looking for something meaningful in life. Looking to live a life that has purpose & makes a difference.

Ephesians 4:1 urges us to "live a life worthy of the calling you have received." To live a life with purpose. And to live a life within the meaning & call of Christ. To live up to His standard. It's very clear we are called to live a life of difference. And if we live up to the calling we have been given, we will begin to live a meaningful life that reaches for the standard of Jesus.

And the time is now. There is no time to waste. Romans 13:11 tells us "the hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber." It's time to WAKE UP! Wake up & start living. And start living like Jesus. We are challenged to be "imitators of God" in Ephesians 5:1. That doesn't just mean we follow His example; but we ultimately attempt to become like Him. When you imitate a person, you do everything that person does. And we need to wake up & start living a life of purpose that imitates Jesus Christ.

So it's time. Time to begin "making the most of every opportunity" & make the most of our lives (Ephesians 5:16). Because, believe it or not, our lives here on this earth are short. "What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." (James 4:14). None of us ever know when our life will end. So it's with that sense of urgency we must not waste our lives.

Living your life for the Lord is not a waste "because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain" (1 Corinthians 15:58). It's not wasted. It's not futile. It's eternal.

Jesus gives you meaning. Jesus gives you purpose. Wake up. Live like Jesus. Don't waste your life.

JV