We make choices
We all make choices from day to day and year to year as to how we will live our individual lives.
Also, we all have personal standards that we have set for how we live our lives, be they from our parents, family, school, Facebook, Instagram, or some ‘social construct’.
Do I actually live up to my own standards?
We may say we do that about 80% of the time or whatever.
When it comes to God’s standards, we may get more tense about the realistic percentage…
Does God actually care about how we live? If he does, then what are the consequences of not doing well according to his standards, the more likely outcome?
Seeking to please whom?
Jesus said that God had made him the judge of every person. Therefore, it makes sense to seek to please him in our lives. That means to discover what pleases him, and that is from the Bible, historically, the most published book ever in the world.
You will notice from the results of the poll opposite that most people in the Market on that day didn’t think God cared how they lived. That could have been because they don’t think God even exists. However, if God does exist, we would have to agree that many will be alarmed to be judged for how they lived their lives.
The Bible has many things to say about this, but here is just one:
“Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, [28] so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.”
Hebrews 9:27 (NIV) (http://www.laridian.com)
I know that Jesus will be completely fair, and really, there is the cross and what he achieved on that as my substitute. He did that so ordinary people like me could be forgiven our wrongs, and brought to God.
What about yourself?