Friday, February 15, 2013

Friday: "What can you give in return for your life?"

"For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?  Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?"  Mark 8:36-37

The writer, Eric Burtness, lifts up that most people approach life in one of three ways:  survival, success, or significance.  Our humanity gets caught up in any one of these approaches depending on the circumstances surrounding us at any given moment in our lives.  I'm reminded of "the love chapter" in Paul's letter to the Corinthians.  If I do many things but have not love, I'm only a noisy gong or clanging symbol. 

Living in the presence of Christ, we can live faithful lives in each of these circumstances.  In survival, we seek the risen Christ to give us what we need.  In success, we acknowledge it is the risen Christ working through us.  In significance, we humbly remember the life, death, and resurrection of Christ to empower us to be lights of hope in the world.  It's all about God!

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