THIS WHAT WE LIVE FOR
It really got me thinking. Of course, the stereotypical Canadian life revolves around hockey, snow and saying "eh" but has it gotten so far that we would willingly claim that hockey is our purpose? Our life IS hockey? It seems rather a sad thing to live for and seeing these proud banners hanging in the Canucks home arena seemed rather ironic as they have never won the Cup, but I suppose you can live for something even if you don't always win at it. However, I have to ask what the consequences are? It seems to me that you are only setting yourself up for disappointment if your life revolves around something so inconsequential as a sport.
Yet, we all have these useless idols don't we. We all proudly wave our banner declaring that we live for something fantastic. Whether that be wealth or family, a job or a holiday, our country or ourselves, world peace or world domination. We all have a passion that consumes us. We were built to live for something and we strain to find something worthy of our lives. The sad thing is, nothing is worthy of such devotion save One. How dare we worship the creation when the Creator has revealed Himself to us, a personal God who has made Himself accessible to mankind; a Saviour who gave everything according to His plan and His glory, that we might be redeemed.
So THIS is what we should be living for! He is the only thing worthy and the only reason we even have for living. Yet it is easy to forget and get distracted by the things of this world. And so I pray that you and I "may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God" Colossians 1:10."For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth...all things have been created by Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together" Colossians 1: 16-17
What do you live for?
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