An Incomplete Life

I'm imcomplete. I want to be a better Christian, but for some reason my life is missing something. I'm dissatisfied with being less than what God wants for me. I'm not finished as a Christian.

I've always wondered what it really meant to be a Christian. Growing up I was taught that I had to be good, which I understood to be kind, never cheat, follow the commandments, etc. It's like I just thought that Christians had this uncanny ability to know right from wrong. I also knew that I had to believe in God and in Jesus. But believe what about them, that they existed? That they cared for me? These answers seemed to me then, and even now, to be such vague explanations. I always wanted a better description.

One of the things I have discovered about being Christian is that belief is only the beginning. Once we believe that Jesus existed, and that He did so to show God's love to the world, and to redeem us from our rebellion, then we are supposed to become like God in our thinking, our action, in our living. That means that we must learn how God thinks, acts and lives. And this is the greatest challenge.

"God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness." (Titus 2:11-14, The Message)

Our job as Christians is to strive towards a God-filled, God-honoring life and God shows us how. What that means for us is that Christianity is a never ending quest, for a life complete in God. For now I am still an unfinished picture awaiting some broad and careful brush strokes of God. Soon I'll be more complete. My life is imcomplete only because God isn't done with me yet.

And that's good enough for me.

Peace ><>
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