Are You A Graduate of Christ?

     I just had the most amazing 1 ½ hour long full body massage. To say I feel like a new woman is an understatement. And now, I’m sitting on campus waiting for class to start. I’m so relaxed that now I just want to go take a nap. Chances are, I might fall asleep in class. It’s funny how we can have such an amazing experience and then we become tired and drained. I believe that this occurs with many aspects of life and most definitely in our spiritual life.

     You see, we go through troubling times and turn to God for help. We become saved and try to change our life around. But after the initial exuberating jolt, we become tired. We become tired of trying to live a moral and righteous life. We become tired of doing the right thing versus the wrong thing. Tired of trying to follow the code of ethics laid out in the bible versus the immorality laid out by man. We tend to fall prey to society’s views thinking them more important than God’s. I’m not going to lie; being a Christian is sometimes tiring. It is so much easier to live in sin than without sin. The reason is that when you’re living in sin, no one is really fighting you. God gives you the free will to do as you choose. He will be there to guide you along the way, but he doesn’t force you or try to make you do anything.

     However, when you are trying to live a Christ like life, the devil is constantly fighting you and that’s why you become so tired. You are tired of fighting the devil and his never ending bombardment of sin that he throws your way. We make it too easy for him by giving up and giving in because we have become a society that wants a free pass, an easy way out.

     I remember once when I was still in the military, I picked up a patient for suicidal ideation. She had an escort with her who knew of her situation. See most of these kids claim suicidal ideation to get discharged from basic training because they can’t hack it, not because they are really suicidal. The trainee asked me for permission to speak and I said sure, go ahead. She turned to the other girl and said “You want out of basic training? The quickest and easiest way out is to graduate.” I couldn’t have agreed with her more. Not only is that true for basic training, but also true with our daily walk with Christ. Yes, things may be somewhat difficult now, but the quickest and easiest way to eternal bliss is to graduate in Christ. Commencement starts now. Will you join me?