One Solitary Life

He was born in an obscure village, the Child of a peasant woman.
He grew up in still another village where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty.
Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.
He never wrote a book.
He never held an office.
He didn't go to college.
He never visited a big city.
He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born.
He did none of the things one usually associates with greatness.
He had no credentials but Himself.
He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against Him.
His friends ran away.
He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.
While He was dying, His executioners gambled for His clothing, 
          the only property He had on earth.
When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today He is the central figure of the human race and the leader of mankind's progress.

All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned put together have not affected the life of man on earth as much as that One Solitary Life.

I'm not a senseless puppet --
I make my own decisions --

I am part of The Fellowship of the Unashamed.  I have the Holy Spirit's power.  The die has been cast.  I have stepped over the line.  The decision has been made.  I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.  I won't look up, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.  My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure.  I am finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking, chintzy giving, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits or popularity.  I don't have to be right, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded.  I now live by Presence, lean by faith, love by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.  My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear.  I cannot be bought, compromised, deterred, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed.  I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.  I won't give up, back up, let up, or shut up until I've preached up, prayed up, stored up, and stayed up the cause of Christ.

I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.  I must go until Heaven returns, give until I drop, preach until all know, and work until He comes.  And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem recognizing me.  My colors will be clear. 

1 Timothy 4:12
 

Knowing your sins are forgiven and you are ready for heaven is as simple as following these steps: 

A.  Admit you have sinned.  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."  (Romans 3:23) 

B.  Believe in Jesus.  "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." 
(John 3:16) 

C.  Confess and leave your sin.  "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."   (I John 1:9) 

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Scriptures taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV).
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