Live Like You Are Dying

          So these past couple days I've really been taken in by the idea of living like you were dying. I hear people say it all the time and automatically associate it with indulging in every pleasurable thing on the planet in a very frivolous way, thus sin. Yet, I wonder how life would be if someone who is completely surrendered to God lived like they were dying? Because, in reality, isn't that what God has called us to do? "And he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it." (Luke 9:23-24) We have to "lose our lives" for Christ's sake  in order to save our lives from destruction. I have always pinned this destruction to be eternity in hell only, but now I wonder if it also means a "wasted" life. A life that revolves around the meaningless things that Solomon addresses in Ecclesiastes.

          As I look at my own life, I know for certain that I do NOT live like I'm dying! I make sure to avoid situations in which I feel extremely uncomfortable, especially awkward social situations. I worry about changing my major/career because of the possibility of it not working out as perfectly as I have it formulated in my head. I spend a large amount of time focusing on making my life easier and more enjoyable and more comfortable and more BORING!!! That's what it comes down to! I'm living a boring, meaningless life that will get the Kingdom of God no further than it would have been if I hadn't been born. How depressing is that.. To realize that my impact on this world and the world to come is so minute and will continue that way unless I surrender my plans to God and live life with reckless abandon!

          Be a game-changer. Not in the glamorous way the world paints it with fame, status, money, and momentary pleasures, but in the way God plans it. With an influence that will last an eternity and change the lives of countless people! Have the Word of God on mind, heart, body, and mouth at ALL TIMES! Never be ashamed of the Gospel, rather preach it like today is your last day! Because you never know when it might be... Make every second of this life count.