By David Geisler
Many of you know that we are making a movie about my dad’s life, called Norm Geisler: Not Qualified. Making this movie is helping me to realize just how important it is for all of us, who attempt to follow Christ, to live a certain way.
You see my father wasn’t just a good apologist, theologian, and philosopher. He was also a good Christian. He tried very hard to live his life as a servant of Christ, and to put God’s vision for other people ahead of his own personal gain.
I believe that today, because of the stress and uncertainty that we are all facing, it is an especially important time for all of us who want to follow Christ, to choose to live differently!
It’s time for us to live just as Jesus did!
You may remember that the Christian writer, CS Lewis said “God whispers to us in his pleasures, speaks to us in our conscious, but shouts to us in our pain. Pain is God’s megaphone to arouse a deaf world.”
So what are the things God is trying to shout out to you during this time of crisis?
We should all ask ourselves specifically what steps does God want us to take to be salt and light for Him in our circle of influence?
I believe that it’s time to live more intentionally.
For me personally, this means…
It’s time… for me to consider others needs as much as my own. You may remember that the Apostle Paul exhorted us in Phil 2:4 to “…not merely look out for our own personal interest, but also for the interest of others. Certainly that means I shouldn’t just panic and hoard all the food in my store, but consider the needs of others also.
It’s time… for me to care more about the quality of my character than about my own personal accomplishments.
It’s time… for me to care more about the spiritual well-being of my children much more than I already do.
It’s time… for me to care more about my neighbor’s spiritual
condition than about what they think of me.
It’s time… for me to care more than just seeing people physically healed, when there is spiritual virus among us with longer lasting consequences.
It’s time… to live a more sacrificial life.
It’s time… to put CHRIST FIRST!
If you feel that God is trying to shout out something to you, post it on social media, and include #itstime.
It’s time that we as followers of Christ help spread a message of hope to others on social media, and show them that we can live as Jesus lived.
Would you share with others what it is that God is shouting out to you to do… don’t you think it’s time?