![]() You know what occupied the whole life of Jesus Christ? The will of God. In John 8:29 “And He that sent Me is with Me, the Father hath not left Me alone for I do always those things that please Him.” In John 10:18, He says, “I’m laying down My life of Myself, I have the power to lay it down, and take it up, this commandment have I received of My Father.” Then He climaxes it in John 17:4 when He is on the cross and says to the Father, “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” To reconcile people to His Heavenly Father through his sacrificial work he would perform for them on the cross of Calvary.Īll through the gospel of John, Jesus says, “For I came down from heaven not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.” John 6:38. Our Lords’ passion was to make the glory of God real in the lives of people he met – yes, even prostitutes. My food is to do the will of Him that sent Me and to finish His work.” What did He feast on? The will of God. Jesus Christ had wrestled with the soul of a prostitute and brought her to saving faith in Himself, that was such an exalting joy to Him that He could say it’s like food and drink. I just spent the last half hour talking to a Samaritan woman about her need for salvation. My food is to do the will of my Father and to accomplish his work. When they arrive back with the food, Jesus says No thanks, I am full. Jesus said to His disciples in John 4:34 “…My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.” In this passage, after a long day with Jesus, the disciples leave him at a well, to go find some dinner in the city of Samaria. Do you live and die boasting in the cross of Christ and make the glory of God your singular passion? If you are born again (a true Christian who has repented of their sins and embraced Christ in faith) and believe that to live is Christ and to die is gain, then our lives have to make an impact for the glory of God. To often we get caught up in a life that counts for nothing and end up wasting our lives. ![]() ![]() That’s not to say they don’t have passion, but mostly, that passion is for worldly things like, music, movies, television, friends, family, sex, food, studies, computers, cars, bikes etc, and sadly spend their lives on insignificant pastimes, living for comfort and pleasure, and perhaps trying to avoid sin. Most people, especially young Christian people, slip by in life without a passion for God. God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work not to be made much of, but to make much of him in every part of our lives.” The wasted life is the life without this passion. God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life. Now they live in Florida, where they cruise on their 30-foot trawler(boat), play softball and collect shells.’ Picture them before Christ at the great day of judgment: ‘Look, Lord. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader’s Digest: A couple ‘took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. John Piper writes, “I will tell you what a tragedy is. In the opening pages he shares a sad, stirring story, of a retired couple. Have you ever read John Piper’s book, “Don’t waste your life”? If you are one of the few who have not, you should.
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