Just around the corner...

Amazing how quickly time passes. James asks the question, "For what is your life?" Over the last few months this question has permeated my mind. What is the purpose of this life. In the last couple months I have traveled to Los Angeles, to San Antonio, to Gulfport, and to Tegucigalpa... and in each instance, have tried to take the time to observe "life" and how it unfolds with such ipseity. In just 13 days, I will again travel back to Zambia to continue the work the Lord has called me to. Again, I am forced to think about the value of "life". Jesus told His followers to labour for the meat which endures unto everlasting life and not for the meat which is only temporal and perishes so quickly.
Why do even good Christians have such a fixation for personal fulfillment instead of sacrificial devotion and obedience to Christ? This rhetorical question finds solution again in the words of James - "for that ye ought to say..." How true we as followers of Christ should... but how often do we actually, "If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." It is correct to speak of being a follower of Christ, however, there is great difference in living as a follower of Jesus Christ. As my return to Zambia is 'just around the corner', I find my self wanting to be reckless and abandoned for the cause of Christ - to scream as Paul, "now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death." Is there any greater pleasure than to serve the Lord Jesus Christ -- ! If only, this desire to fully live for God were an enduring passion... but as with most passions the fire seems to slowly fade away - may the Glory of God be the fuel of passion to perpetually stoke the fire within!