Day 7: Life as a Christian

There may be preachers out there telling you that once you have become a Christian, your life is going to be filled with prosperity. But is it true about actual Christians? What does the bible say?
On this final day of devotional, let’s find out!

We have hope in this hopeless world and in spite of the suffering, there is meaning and hope, which carries you through as a Christian. Please don’t get the impression that your daily struggles in this world will vanish once you become a Christian. No! Christianity does not offer any quick fix or fancy spell that will eliminate your problems! Indeed, Jesus says that there will be troubles in this world. The mainstream cry of this generation is that the goal of life is to be happy. But chasing happiness as an end in itself is a shallow and worthless pursuit. The purpose of life should be to seek the supreme Good: God Himself. From meeting that key primary purpose, we derive all other meaningful purposes for our life. Christianity is experientially relevant, meeting you wherever you are in your daily life. We have been called to live in the light of eternity, as this world is a temporary place and is going to fade away.

As a disciple of Jesus, we are representing the Creator God, to this creation and others who are in need of hope and grace. Hence, all the gracious works and good deeds you do become eternally meaningful as a Christian. C.S. Lewis writes,

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” (C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock, ed. Walter Hooper (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970),101.)

Your life doesn’t end at the grave. The material perishes, but the immaterial lives on, so the choices you make today determine what happens to your soul. “What do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?” (Matthew 16:26) The last book of the Bible, Revelation, talks about Heaven as the whole of reality being transformed. The Bible speaks of a new heaven, and a new earth, where those who trust in Christ will be resurrected, with newly glorified bodies. Christ will return to this earth as He has promised to establish His unending kingdom. God and humankind will once again be in close relationship.

Application:

As we conclude this devotional journey, let us reflect on what it means to live as a Christian in a world filled with challenges and uncertainties. In Christ, we find hope even in the midst of a seemingly hopeless world.