Sporting Camel’s hair and a leather belt, while eating locust and honey…
what a life!

How do I live and what do I really live for… on a daily basis?

In Mark 1, John the Baptist knew how to live and what he lived for. There was no compromise and no other path. It was clear to him. He was undivided. He was doing this thing during a time where it wasn’t normal. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. He must’ve been different. He had to be set apart. And he was preparing for the coming of Jesus…

This week, whether forced or out of my own volition, I am faced with the discrepancy of the life I’ve been living and the life that GOD wants me to live. Simple temptations haunt me. Compromise is a willing option. The justification of my soul is easily forgotten. Pleasures and satisfaction consumes me.

I can easily see my sins now. I can easily see my need for a Savior. I am just weak. My only displeasure and pain is how long this conviction will last… This is a week and season where this is hard pressed. But what about the other times during the year. Will my life REALLY change? Will I REALLY be different?

It’s funny because this whole week is to remember that I AM CHANGED forever. But, in the midst of all the fervency, I lack the most important thing, Faith. I don’t want to become one of those Christians who just do rituals because it is the season and time to do it. I want to do it because I believe it! Because I believe that GOD can change me. Isn’t that why we do these rituals? This is the message of the Cross…

I don’t want to just participate in this week’s events… I want to BELIEVE it deeply and personally for myself! Lord, help me to believe….