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How Jesus Meets Us Where We Live
The pendulum of real life can swing in a hurry. What is true about our lives one day might change the next. Some days things are great. We get along with everyone. Everything is working just right. Other days are bad. Things are turning sour. Even our closest relationships are strained. In fact, it can change so often or so drastically that we feel like we just can’t get it all together. Everything seems to be falling apart. But no matter what changes, we have to adjust, to manage, to succeed in the lives that God has called us to live. How can we do that? Today, in our last talk in the series Real Life, we talk about three things that help us to live the live that God has called us to live. The good news is that Jesus hasn’t left us alone. He meets us right where we live and equips us to face each day.
Working for a Living
Working for a living can be tough. But work was a part of creation, not the fall. It is what God created us to do. Therefore, we need to learn to do it well, and allow our work to be impacted by the gospel.
Living with People
No matter where you go, almost always, there is someone else there. And you have to learn how to live with them. Fortunately, God has not left us on our own to try to figure it out. He has told us, and showed us, how to live with others.
Living With Yourself
Along the road of real life, we all learn some things about ourselves that we don’t like. For some, it’s our abilities and talents. For others, it is the way we look. For most of us, it is often the things that we do or have done, and we look back with regret and distaste for the person we have become. Sometimes the feeling comes and goes. Other times, it stays for a very long time. And we being to wonder, How can I live with myself? Is there any hope for things to be different? This kind of despair can be debilitating and destructive both to ourselves and to the people in our lives. The good news is that we do not have to live this way. Jesus meets us in real life and tells us how we can live with ourselves because of what he did for us. This good news of Jesus gives us up in real life, and enables us to rise above the past and live for eternity.
We Don't Need Pity
Pitiful people are heartbreaking. They cause people around them to feel bad, to sympathize with them, even to try to help them. This pity is particularly painful when we see someone who has been deceived, and is now embarrassed as they learn the truth. This is the picture that God paints for us when He talks about Easter and what the resurrection of Christ means for us. He speaks of real people who real lives were drastically changed by their belief in the resurrection. And He affirms that if the resurrection of Jesus didn’t actually happen, those who believe it are worthy to be pitied. They are pitiful people. In this first talk in our new series entitled Real Life, we see that Easter reminds us that God has an explanation for the real lives that we live every day. The hope of the resurrection means that we don’t need anyone’s pity
