If only he had known...

Yesterday a young man from my church passed away. His family is of a different religion and I am not really sure where his heart was. From his actions I do not think that he believed in Jesus. It makes my heart hurt to think just what that means. I know there are so many people out there who do not believe as I do and are okay with just living life and not believing in anything. I am not judging them at all, but I am urging everyone. You don't know what tomorrow might bring. Search today, seek until the truth is evident to you. I don't think that I would have imagined this young man not here today at church, with that blank stare on his face. But as my eyes scanned the room, I fell to the seat where he sat the week before. So much hurt and pain in that young man's eyes. Yet, so much hardness and stubborness there too. As I write this I am listening to a sermon about Holiness. To be Holy, it is to stay away from sin. To live a life that is completely out of sin. Now how is that possible? It is not possible on my own, but in Jesus I can. Yes everyday I make mistakes and even right now I am in a struggle that I can't seem to get out of, but it has to be in everything. Not just in front of others. Not just for a show, but in everything. If I am not willing to give it all up for him, to look "crazy" to the world for believing in Jesus, then I am not willing to sacrifice for Him. If I am not willing to sacrifice then I should not be able to be called a disciple of Jesus.

There are many people right now that I know who are claiming the Christian lifestyle but are not walking in the life that Jesus would be. They are dipping into the world, and because of this the whole body of Christ is suffering. If we are not living the life of Christ then we are not truly living, we are not being of one mind and one body. We are just giving in to sin, being of the world. Hardening our hearts and allowing the thoughts of our minds and hearts to be taken over by one that is not God.


So I guess I just want to up my standards. I must first make sure my life is Holy, right with the Lord that I am not sinning. Then I think that it is time for me to help others. The body of Christ. If I can't do that then what am I doing serving???? And for those that are not believing in him....I have to show them who He is. It is up to them after that....but I pray the truth is realized before it is too late. You never know what tomorrow might bring!