Nothing Greater

Luke 9:37-62

"You unbelieving and perverse generation"

"Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you"

"For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest"

"For whoever is not against you is for you"

"Follow me"

"No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God"

                                                     

As I read through these scriptures several times it finally became clear to me what God was trying to show me and I found such truth in the quotes listed above.  As I read through these specific quotes it is as though I hear God’s voice speaking so loudly to me and everyone else.  He is saying just listen, I am saying it loud and clear, but you get so busy with everything else that you are not paying attention to me and my guidance.  Throughout the entire Bible, in the middle of all the history, all the stories, all the highs and lows, you will find the voice of God ringing out with words of guidance.  All he asks us to do is to listen and follow….this is not a guessing game.  As a Christian, I don’t have to wonder where my guidance is coming from and I have a book that has as many answers as I have questions.  Now I am not saying being a Christian is easy because it is not, in fact at times it is very difficult, but I would rather have a terrible day and still know God, than to have a wonderful day and not know him at all.  And really, at times I tend to make it a bit more difficult than it has to be.  There is nothing greater than having Jesus Christ as my savior, my guide, my provider, and my love.  I could not imagine living this life without full dependence upon him, how empty my life would be without him.  I have heard my grandmother say so many times… “I wish people would realize that it is so much more than just being saved in order to go to heaven, it is the life that you are given now, when people don’t give their life to Jesus now, they are missing so many things that he has for them.”  There is truly no greater life than the one lived for Jesus Christ and I am so humbled and glad that he chose me as his child.