Why do you fight?
Thursday, June 07, 2007
I came across this question while reading Eldest: the second book of Eragon. It got me thinking about my own personal life. Why do I fight against the flesh? Why do I race in this Christian race when I hate running? Then came the answer. Love.. One word can explain it all. Just as love for a boy, or a wife can drive a man to give up everything he owns in order to get the person back, love drives everyone of us. Why do people commit suicide? Because they don't feel loved. If only I could share my emotions with people right before they plunge to their deaths maybe then they would know love. Love of Christ, the love of the savior. In Ted Dekker's book, Black, he calls the love of the "creator" the great romance. So many Christians today are lead off the correct path when they are told they should do something "because it is the right thing to do." This isn't it at all. We should more directly state why we do something. We do it because we are in love with Christ, and this is what he would be pleased in. We don't want to do something because it would make our lover displeased. When someone says Christian, I almost want to say, yes, we are Christians, but we are more than that, we are lovers of Christ, we are in a romantic relationship with Christ. Did not Christ tell us that he will come to take up his bride?
Posted by The Dave 10:48 PM
