Title: The Person who lives well in front of God
Text: Luck 19:1-10
Theme: The faithful should live by the Word of God.
Content:
Life Preference
What kind of people do you like? And also what kind of a person do you want to be? I mean that what kind of life do you want to live? Finally, what kind of preference of your life do you have with your certain value? People want to be the top. People want to have more for them. People want to enjoy rather than sacrifice for others. I dare to say this is our nature.
People Live Well
There are some people wearing good quality fashionable suit and chatting around in nice restaurant. There are some people who do not hesitate to pay their expense when they shop in luxury department store. There are some others shown as elite group being higher position at their work or with their possession. And we might say they are the people live well.
Do you want to be like them? Whatever you answer, we know most of people want to be like them. However, this is not what God concern on you. God sees inside of you, your mind.
Selfish Life and Making Decision
Faithless people do anything if it helps them to be the top. But God hate this kind of behavior. You may know the happening of brothers of Joseph. They envied their little brother. They thought they would not be able to compete with him gaining their father’s love. So they wanted kill him. By the result of that, they sold him out as a slave. By what they have done to Joseph they were bothered for their entire life. But you need to remember, this is not the old story of Israelite but it is your story.
Surely believers and non-believers are looked the same in their every day life. But some times we face some cases to make a decision, a sharp decision. At that time non-believers make their decision by their will. However, the people of God make decision by the Word of God if they are faithful.
Zacchaeus’ decision
When Jesus come to him and stay with him, Zacchaeus did right thing. He told Jesus that he is going to give the half of his possession and to compensate if he overcharged others. Just before meeting Jesus, Zacchaeus was a greedy person who decides by his needs. But now he has changed. He became a godly person.
Be in God’s Side
Obeying the Word of God is not easy as we experienced. However, if you want to be the God’s side, then you must care about God’s will. What is matter in our life is that whether you follow Jesus who fully obeyed God. When you decide some thing important for you and people around you, just remember this: I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20).
Let’s Pray.
God our Father, help us to know your will. Make us obey you and follow Jesus our Lord. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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