This morning I was listening to a radio program and the host was interviewing an author that wrote a book named “the good muslim”. That started me to thinking what is a good christian? I haven’t done the research , but I imagine there are many books written on that topic. How would you answer that question? Maybe like Jesus did in the ‘Sermon on the Mount” http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:1-12&version=NIV. Or maybe with actions like. Maybe like the diciples when they were asked by the disabled man for money, the reply was silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give unto you. And the man was healed. Or maybe like Daniel when he asked not to be fed the rich food of Babaloyn, but the simple food of vegetables. I don’t believe that being a so called “good christian” is something you do.
It’s not so much actions as it is heart. There is a song that I have written about before that goes “as the deer panteth
t for the water so my heart pantheh after thee”. Wanting to spend time with Christ to get to know him better. Not through actions, you may ask how can I spend time with Christ when he is u p in heaven and I’m stuck here. We spend time through reading our bible and time in prayer. Not as an another thing to check off out to do list everyday, rather as time invested in a relationship, hopefully causing us to know the heart of God better and being closer to him. When I met my wife I didn’t want to see her to check something off my list. I wanted to spend time with her because she was and is my life.
Christ is my life as well, and I can’t explain it is a clear and concise way. It is something you have to experience yourself. Join me in that adventure.
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