NOT OUR OWN LIVES!

 

NOT OUR OWN LIVES!

 

Did you ever feel=THINK

That our lives=are NOT

Really our own?

 

They BELONG to=our Holy Father God

And to Jesus=and to our FAMILY=friends

And to the whole world=

NOT OUR OWN LIVES!

 

“WHOEVER seeks to=PRESERVE his life

Will lose it=but whoever loses it=WILL SAVE IT”                                                                   Luke 17:33

 

As a CHRISTIAN=then

The very FIRST CONVICTION=we

Must have is=that

OUR LIVES=ARE NOT OUR OWN!

 

First of all=our lives

Have been REDEEMED FOR US

By Jesus Christ=who lived =died=and

RESURRECTED FOR US

To save us=from ourselves

 

It FOLLOWS then=that

We must live our lives out=by Thanking God and Jesus

I thank my God=I got it right

All those years ago=when I was 22

And on my deathbed

 

“…….IF God gives me LIFE=I

Will live for my family=My friends=

And for all people everywhere”

 

I had NO IDEA=who I was

At that TIME=in my life=but

I did know=that I

BELONGED to him=and the Holy Father God

 

And I do KNOW=that

You ALL=belong to the Lord too

NOT for ourselves =do we live

NOT OUR OWN LIVES!

 

Our lives belong to=GOD/Christ

Our families=and to each and EVERYONE

Of us others

Jesus RANSOMED=all of us!

 

“…….just as the Son of Man

Did not come=to be served=but

TO SERVE

And to live his life=as a RANSOM for many”                                                                                   Matthew 20:28

 

“For this reason=Christ

Is the mediator=of a new covenant=

 

That those=who are called=may receive

The promised eternal inheritance--------

Now that he has died=AS A RANSOM

 

To set them free=from the sins

Committed under the first covenant”                                                                                           Hebrews 9:15

 

We are called=to SERVE TOO

We are called=to give our lives=back

To the Holy Father God=Jesus=our family

Our Friends=and to the whole WORLD

 

We are called=AS CHRISTIANS=to serve others

TO LIVE FOR OTHERS!=We BELONG to GOD and others

NOT OUR OWN LIVES!

 

Our Holy Father God=our Jesus

Tell us to be THE LEAST=to be the last

In this world=as Christians=our lives

Are not our own

NOT OUR OWN LIVES!

 

“But many who are first==WILL BE LAST

And the last first”                                                                                                                    Mark 10:31

 

Dear Lord=we PRAY

That we live our lives=FOR YOUR PURPOSES

In order=to find ourselves=in this world

 

That is=WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our forever living=and loving

AND SERVING=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-24-2023

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Jonathan F. Sullivan