The Gospel, This Day. {0}
“How we live our days is…
how we live our lives.”
- Annie Dillard
This week we finish our summer study on Francis Chan’s Crazy Love. As it comes to an end my prayers have gone up for our students to live beyond concern for themselves. There is no doubt living in Johnson County conditions us to be about us where the gospel changes us to be about God first “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength’” (Mark 12:30 ESV). And also to be about loving others. “‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31 ESV).
And we know this and think, I certainly want to be the person who is sold out to Christ someday. Why not today, right where you are? I guess we have stuff to do, errands to be run, homework to be completed, movies to see and simply an overwhelming list of stuff that unfortunately has priority over the one that matters. I know this because everyday is a batter between my list of priorities (TV, Soccer, Bicycles, Reading News, Shopping, etc) and God’s list of priorities (love God, love others).
The quote at the top of this post comes from the last chapter of Crazy Love and kinda puts things into perspective on how we live a life that is all about the Glory of God. The question isn’t what should I do someday for the cause of the gospel, but what might I do today for glory of God? Dream big, but live out the gospel today and then wake up tomorrow and live for the glory of God again. I am praying for our families and our students and invite you to pray for Laura and I as we fight the good fight, as we pursue a life lived in the gospel of grace each and every day.
