Impacted By Crucifixion

Titus 3:4-5

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit

What impact does our salvation carry upon our lives? Does the Resurrection influence how we live? Do we live as if we have been pardoned of a judgement worse than the most horrific imagination can ever think of? Do we realize that we committed heinous crimes and betrayed and blatantly REBELLED against the King of all creation? Do we live every single day being impacted by the death of Jesus Christ on Golgotha, in realization that He hung to that cross to bring the Father glory through our redemption, regardless that time after time again we would reject His mercy and grace and forgiveness and blessing and would rebel against Him continuously without second thought? Honestly family, I feel that the Cross does not impact my life as it ought to. My life would be radical beyond belief because I would live every single day seeking to please my Redeemer in every single way possible. I would give Him all the glory. I would abstain from so much sin that plagues my life daily. I would not be able to stop talking about my King. I would seek to live a life that pleases Him, not for works sake but to bring Him glory with my actions and motives. I would have a heart for the unloved so much more than I do now. I would see every person as God’s child, precious and wonderfully made. I would have overwhelming compassion. I would have no problem forgiving people because I have been forgiven so greatly. I would give my all in all that I do. I would seek Him. I would never want to hurt Him. I would look to be a blessing rather than being blessed. I would look to be a friend. I would know my purpose and seek to fulfill it. I would know my destination and would not fear for my earthly life and how “comfortable” I am. I would give everything for the Lord because he gave everything for me plus it is not mine to begin with! But I have to look at all these things and examine my life and see where I am lacking. I have to seek Him and let His Spirit guide my life and let God live through me. As Galatians 2:20 states “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” I don’t see this in my own life as I ought to. I know I will never be perfect, but family I can try so much more. My life can be consumed with laziness, lusts, lies and deceit, fear and anxiety, greed, resistance towards God, idolatry with television, or facebook, or sports, or school, or even friends or family, and so much more. I could put in so much more effort into seeking the King, but often find that I don’t. I know I should, but I simply do not do what I know I should. We have been renewed, given so many more chances than we should, we have been given gifts beyond what we deserve, we are given an opportunity to live life on this Earth with the purpose to bring God the glory. We have goal, know God and glorify Him. Yet, even with just having this goal, we constantly are distracted with money, fame, drugs, sex, alcohol, laziness, stagnant faith, anger, hatred, impulsiveness, and so much more. We need to seriously rediscover our goals in life. We look at them, commonly finding that they revolve around us more than they do God, they may be excellent goals such as being a great parent or helping people, but how often do our life goals sound like this “I want to seek God with ALL I AM, and then bring Him glory with every breath of my life?” I must say, not enough... If ever. This is truly heartbreaking as we realize that we write God off so often. We treat God as our emergency manual or magic genie. We need to truly make God our EVERYTHING, only then will we ever experience any satisfaction with life, any true joy, any true peace. Only then will we see how badly we need a savior and how much God really loves us. Our relationship with Him must be more than just requests and guidance in hard times. It has to be a total commitment to seeking and serving Him. We have been redeemed, now let’s live like it!! We are going to heaven family! Regardless of our past, we are going to heaven to be with our Father for all eternity!!!!

Let’s realize that we need to make God the core of ALL of our lives.