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Life Worth Living
The
story has been told of the time a passerby came upon
an archer who had been practicing his art.
The visitor was amazed at the archer’s
ability, for wherever he saw a target, he saw an arrow
in the CENTER of the bull’s eye.
When asked the key to his precision, the archer
replied, “I must confess: first I shoot the arrow -
then wherever the arrow lands, I place the target
around it. That way.... I NEVER miss!”
The
moral of the story: If you aim at NOTHING
- you are SURE
to hit it!
Socrates
once said: "The
unexamined life is the life NOT worth living."
The unexamined life is comparable to the method of the
archer. The
unexamined life lacks: a sense of direction, a
purpose for living, AND a standard to measure
progress. It
is aimless, haphazard, and futile.
The examined
life, however, is much more productive.
Examination calls for direction. What are my
goals in life? Examination
assists evaluation. Am I reaching my goals?
Examination can provide motivation.
Why do I want to
achieve my goals?
With
the coming of the New Year, it is a good time for ALL
of us to examine our lives.
We need to identify the GOOD habits in our
lives and continue doing them. We also
need to do away
with those BAD habits!
Here
are some questions that are helpful in examining our
lives:
1.
Am I taking good care of my body? Am I eating right, exercising regularly, and getting plenty
of rest? If
not, what can I do to improve my physical health?
2.
Are my relationships with others healthy?
Am I giving my family members
the time that they deserve and need to be healthy?
Have I been a good friend to my friends?
3.
How is my life spiritually?
Have I grown stronger in faith?
Have I been giving glory to God in my life? Have I been obedient to His will?
The
questions in #3 may sound strange to you at first,
however, it is often one’s spiritual
health that is most often
neglected, yet it is the MOST important
of ALL! Caring
for our physical bodies AND our focus on family has
great value - but attending to our spiritual
well being is profitable for ALL things, having the
promise of life NOW AND the life that is to come (See
1Timothy 4:8).
Ultimately
the most important question to be answered in each of
our lives is:
“Am I
in Christ
?”
In fact, one’s eternal destiny depends upon
the answer to this
VERY question!
To
be in
Christ means to be in a right relationship
with Him. One
is baptized
INTO Christ
(Galatians 3:26-27) based upon one’s faith
in Jesus (Acts 16:31), repentance
of sins (Acts 17:30-31), and confession
of Christ (Romans 10:9-10).
One REMAINS in
Christ when he walks according to His will
(see Romans 8:1-4).
Examine
your life (2 Corinthians 13:5).
Are YOU in
Christ, walking according to HIS
will?
It
is ONLY
when we are in
Christ that life is TRULY worth living!
God bless you.
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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