From the many choices that are to be made in life, there is no greater choice than to accept the challenge of making one’s life better.
The shaping of our choices about our life may very well be centered on many thoughts, but if these thoughts are void of a life in Jesus Christ, then life can only be average with plenty of places needing fulfillment.
The apostle Paul was so concerned about the lives of people that he would not settle for persons living an average life.
In his usual passionate tone, Paul makes a pronouncement in the II Book of Corinthians, the sixth chapter and the second verse to those that were Christian living in Corinth to accept a better life. He considered some of their life styles similar to being Corinthian which often caused many to leave the church instead of growing closer to Christ.
This word becomes real for the Christian today. God is looking for persons who will do extraordinary things in this world.
God has called us from being average persons to persons of excellence. God delights in our choosing to be a better person living in the hope of a better world. The choice is yours. Will you accept a better life or an average life?
Our sense of dedication is sometimes based on how important something is to our lives. If it doesn’t affect our lives, then there is little time or relevance given to dedication. Unfortunately, this has often been the trouble with most Christians.
The problem is the lack of dedication. The outcome of this problem is usually the breakdown or the breaking away of strong Christian views and values.
Paul recognized this problem in the church at Corinth and declared that the Christian can neither be weak nor lack a real sense of dedication.
What was his message to the church at Corinth as it related to becoming a dedicated person to God and the church at Corinth as it related to becoming a dedicated person to God and the church?
“Now is the acceptable time!” Paul believed that there was no other time quite like this moment in history. The moment and the movement was right to accept a better life in Jesus Christ. His urgent appeal dealt with the need for quickness and swift change in a person’s life.
There is no other consideration, if the better life is to be achieved, then the time is now to receive. God wants us to receive His offer to accept the challenge to live a better life, to walk upright and always do the best that we can. The time is now, not tomorrow but right now. What does now mean?
What is its offering? Paul suggests that the better life is to have salvation.
