Perspective

Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow. -Theodore Epp

I’ve heard this quote for years, but I love the principle behind it.

We often live like Christ died a long time ago, may have risen from the grave a long time ago, and may be back a long time from now. However, when we start to live out what’s being said here, we begin to…

• Live with an urgency to tell others about Christ.
• We trade being timid for boldness.
• We trade sorrow for joy.
• We trade monotony for anticipation.
• We trade our preferences for others’ needs.
• We trade ourselves for others.
• We abandon ourselves and rely on God.
• We belittle the temporal and expand the eternal.
• Christ becomes our life, not just a priority in life.
• We die to ourselves in order to live for Christ.

Today, I’m going to do all I can to live as Christ died yesterday, rose today, and comes back tomorrow! (I really hope He does!! :-)