It’s a great video that encourages people to question the
meaning of life through portraying a human just ‘going through the motions’ and
not really serving any other purpose than that that is on earth- we’re
encouraged to look at the eternal perspective and invited to come and explore
who Jesus is, what he’s done for us and how He invites us into loving
relationship with Him- sharing in His life, death and resurrection!!!
However, I think even as Christians we’re in danger of just ‘going through the motions’ not just in
a worldly sense but in our Christian walk too. I realise this might sound
strange and I’m not sure how I’m going to explain this but I’ll give it a go…
The start of my thought train:
The point here is that although the way we serve God is
important this shouldn’t be the starting point as this will only tire us out
and result in dead works anyways- it can even lead you into the mentality that
its works that gets you saved or I can manage on my own.
However, Jesus teaches us that the number one thing is our
relationship with God (matt 22:37) and
that it is our relationship with God that bears fruit; John 15 is a beautiful passage that talks about the intimate two-way relationship
we can have with God, ‘abide in me and I will…’ seems to be a constant in this
passage!
This should be our starting point and our fuel for serving
Jesus- our spiritual tanks need always to be full (Ephesians 5: 18).
‘Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever
comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty’ John 6: 35
When speaking about the Holy Spirit Jesus proclaimed “Let
anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me,
as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within
them.” John 7: 37-38
So how is it then we enjoy relationship with God and know
him better? The obvious answer here would be to talk to God (Pray) and get
stuck into the word where we can learn about God grace, love and character.
This may seem a bit difficult at first, it always is when
you hardly know someone but like any relationship you have to really spend time
getting to know them. Great news is God want wait for you to spend time with
him after all we are his children!
Our relationship with God really is personal this means that
for each of us the way we go about spending time with God will be different…. I’d
encourage you to really spend some time thinking about how this might be with
you and trying things out- not every Christian gets up at the crack of dawn for
‘quiet time’
Sorry about the waffle and I hope you find this encouraging! Xx
