Ephesians 5:2 – “Live a life of love”
What do you value? What do you tell others you value? Would you say that you value your family? Or how about a specific relationship? What about God? No think about how you spend your time, money and energy… and ask yourself if it reflects what you value. If you value family, how often do you actually get to talk with them, or would you rather be playing video games late into the night, watching TV, and hang out with your friends? If you value a specific relationship, can you actually openly share with each other, and not just that, but be willing to sacrifice your own desires for that person. If you say you value God, how often do you spend time in His Word, and praying to him. If you are seeing a big gap between what you say you value and how you live your daily life, maybe it is time you start thinking about the choices you are making.
It is important to take a hard look at the choices because it can lead to a condition called “Active Inertia”. It happens when we continue to do things out of old-habit and not realize why we are doing it. This will continue until we hit rock-bottom, and crisis occurs in our life. This type of living is dangerous to our health, our family, and our spiritual well-being. It could look something like over-working ourselves and serious illness comes into our lives. Or a couple who rarely spends time with one another because of busyness and stress, and suddenly find themselves signing divorce papers. What about coming to church on Sundays for the wrong reasons and maintain a certain level of superficial-ness so that others won’t know the real YOU and you begin to fade away until doubts and lack of faith consume your mind…
There are many, many other examples of “Active Inertia,” and when you identify them in your own life, you must realize that this life here on earth ends..Period. No matter what you have faced and are facing, will come to an end… And then what?! When you stop dwelling in the past and begin to look into the future, your actions will change. You will suddenly realize the true things you value, and then start to live a life of urgency. You will begin to seize moments and live for what you value. You will get priorities straught. You will begin to live a live of love…