Hey guys,
Just some late-night thoughts here.  What is your life pointing towards?  Does it point to you and how cool you may be?  Does it point to living one way and talking another?  Does it point to living like hell until Sunday or when you're around other Christians?  OR  Does your life point towards Jesus?

What do I mean?

I mean, our lives can point to many things. Whatever it is pointing towards is what stands out, is glorified, or held high in our lives.  If we live to party, that's what people will see our life pointing towards.  If we live for ourselves, that's what people will see glorified in our lives.  If we live to get the best of others, people will see that.  If we live for money, that's what our lives will glorify.

As Christians, we are called for our lives to point to Jesus.  What does that look like in a life?  The Bible says, that the only thing that counts is "faith expressing itself through love".  In other words, we have faith in Jesus and express that through our love, compassion, sacrifice, and giving towards others and our love towards God.

So, do you express your faith through love?  Are you loving others as you want to be loved?  Are you lifitng God high in your relationships, Myspace, personal life etc.?

Also, are you loving towards God?  The Bible says that we know we love God when we do what He says.  Where are you at with this?  Is there something you know that's not right that God is calling you away from?  Or is there something you know you've needed to start that God is calling you towards?  That nagging in your conscience...well...that's the Holy Spirit pushing you one way or another.  Are you responding to that conviction from God?

I want you to think on this.  No one is perfect, and each of you are growing and changing (especially as teens).  But we can't claim to know Christ and be satisfied to live like people who don't.

We need to not just play church, but be His church.  We do that by love towards God and others.  The Bible says that all of the commandments hang on those two things: Love God and Love people.  And people will see our lives pointing toward Jesus.

They won't know us by our coolness, craziness, money, popularity, beauty, ugliness...
but by our love.

It is such a rare thing for people to live this out. Seriously.  But, are you up to the challenge? 


big love,
Patrick