A Tune-up for Your Life
"For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear
good fruit."
— Luke 6:43
People can talk all day about their love and deep sense of devotion for
God, but the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. If you are a real
Christian, if you have really asked Christ into your life, there will be
evidence.
So here are a few tune-up questions we should ask ourselves as
believers:
Do I obey the Word of God? We can't obey it if we don't know what it
says. So first, we need to read it. Are we keeping His commandments?
Do I reject this world system that is hostile to God? When a person
becomes a Christian, he or she sees this world for what it is, because
his or her priorities have changed.
Do I eagerly await Christ's return? If we truly are followers of Christ, we
will look forward to the day when He will come again.
Do I see a decreasing pattern of sin in my life? That is not to say true
Christians will not sin, because they will. But there is a difference
between continuing in sin and trying to sin less and less.
Do I love other Christians? Jesus said, "By this all will know that you are
My disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). If we are
children of God, then we will love His people, and we will love to be
around them.
You might be thinking, After that little list, I don't think I measure up. But I
don't measure up in every way either. There is always room for
improvement. That is why it's good to periodically tune up our lives to
see whether we are doing what we ought to do.
"For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear
good fruit."
— Luke 6:43
People can talk all day about their love and deep sense of devotion for
God, but the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. If you are a real
Christian, if you have really asked Christ into your life, there will be
evidence.
So here are a few tune-up questions we should ask ourselves as
believers:
Do I obey the Word of God? We can't obey it if we don't know what it
says. So first, we need to read it. Are we keeping His commandments?
Do I reject this world system that is hostile to God? When a person
becomes a Christian, he or she sees this world for what it is, because
his or her priorities have changed.
Do I eagerly await Christ's return? If we truly are followers of Christ, we
will look forward to the day when He will come again.
Do I see a decreasing pattern of sin in my life? That is not to say true
Christians will not sin, because they will. But there is a difference
between continuing in sin and trying to sin less and less.
Do I love other Christians? Jesus said, "By this all will know that you are
My disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). If we are
children of God, then we will love His people, and we will love to be
around them.
You might be thinking, After that little list, I don't think I measure up. But I
don't measure up in every way either. There is always room for
improvement. That is why it's good to periodically tune up our lives to
see whether we are doing what we ought to do.
| A Tune-Up For Your Life |
| C4W Devotions are used by permission from Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie P.O. Box 4000 Riverside , CA 92514 |