That heading catch you attention? I thought it might. As I've been thinking lately about our approach to being Christians in this world. What does it mean for us to be Christian? What does it mean to live a Christian life. I know a lot of people who "struggle" with their Christian life or who will admit that they don't always live a Christian life. But what does that mean? Is it about following the moral code of Scripture? Is it about having a personal devotional time or reading the Bible or praying?
I think perhaps we turn a life into a lifestyle. Now there is nothing wrong with good habits. We need to have good habits and good standards. The problem comes with turning our entire "Christianity" into a lifestyle.
As a married man, I live differently than I did when I was single. My priorities are different, many of my habits are different. I live differently. However, I didn't just go out and decide to adopt a different lifestyle. My life changed.
To make the point. Do you go through your day trying to be a good Christian and live your Christian life? Or do you go through your day in love with Christ? Does your lifestyle flow out of your passion for Christ or your effort to conform to a "good christian life"?
Scripture tells us that the love of Christ controls us. Not the morals of Christ. We will be different, have less temptation, fall less often, struggle less, and have more victory, more joy, more power, when we each day focus not on living a Christian life, but meeting with, spending all day with, focusing on CHRIST.
That in turn will create a much more powerful witness to those around us, reduce the hypocrisy that plagues the church, and more will seek us out to help them know our Lord and Savior, Jesus.
So Stop changing your lifestyle, and make sure Christ is daily changing you.
