A Wasted Life

No one really wants to make a poor choice. The choices we make have consequences...some more severe than others. We can sometimes find ourselves laughing at the poor choices of others...often times I'll hear these words, "What was he/she thinking??" However, sometimes it may seem impossible to see the outcome of our actions. I'm convinced though, that no one really wants to ruin their life, but many of us waste it.

There's a difference between ruining your life and wasting it. What does it mean as a Believer to waste your life? This is a question we find that Paul raised in 1 Corinthians 15 and after studying the passage, the emotion and passion involved are seriously convicting and mind boggling. He claims that his life would be a complete waste if Jesus was not raised from the grave. He lived in such a way that people thought he was 'wasting' his life for the cause of Christ and he was even pitied. They did not understand why he risked his life for the spreading of the Gospel or why he spent most of his adult life in prison because of the Gospel. People thought Paul was crazy.


The question and reality is, if the Gospel was proved false, would our day to day lives change? Besides the church services or Bible studies you attend, time you spend reading, praying, and fasting, or the occasional mission trips/service projects you do, would your life be any different from someone who has nothing to do with Christ? Think about that for a minute. For Paul, if the Gospel was false, his life would have been wasted trying to reach people with the good news. His life in prison would have meant nothing and his missionary journeys would have been useless. BUT because the grave is empty, our lives should reflect what we believe. We should be living in such a way that our life should not make any sense to people who do not believe in Jesus Christ. They should look on us with pity. After all, that might be the greatest compliment. Christine Caine says, "Our willingness to be misunderstood is what determines whether we actually end up fulfilling the purpose God has for our lives."

The cost of not risking your life for Jesus is greater than the cost it takes to follow Him.