E.L. and T.C.

“Enjoying life” should not be a goal, nor should it be a way-of-life or how a person’s life should be lived. It is not a motto.

To enjoy life is a side-effect of a life well-lived, a life that is fulfilling and giving, a life that honours God in everything and follows His commandments. Enjoyment of life comes out of knowing who you are and what you are on earth for, what you were created for, what you were born to do, your sense of meaning and of destiny.

If you live your life to enjoy yourself, you only honour yourself. You become a selfish hedonist, wanting your own pleasure above all else, and naming yourself God of your own life.

True enjoyment of one’s life comes from a good relationship with God built on true faith in the Lord Jesus, from understanding that you have worth because God loves you and because Jesus died for you, from realizing that God has a plan and a purpose for your life, and from walking in His light and His truth. From knowing that you can gain the blessings of God that He has for you to walk in, simply by putting Him first in your life and by knowing that there are Biblical principles that you must follow in order for His blessings to be able to flow to you.

When you put God first and others second, when you honour God by obeying His commandments, when you walk a life of faith and of love and charity, then you will enjoy your life.

And, just as enjoyment of life should not be a lifestyle, so too one should not have a motto of “just survive.” To live this way, is to sell yourself short, and to sell short the spark of greatness that God has placed in you. To just try to survive each day until the next, is to hide your gifts and be ineffective in life. It is to not believe what God says about you, and to not believe that God is in control. It is a life without faith, without hope, and without love.

There are two ends of the spectrum; both are wrong. Both sabotage God’s plan for your life, and keep you from being what He created you to be.

Living a life of faith and belief and obedience, is not easy. Some find it easier to give up; others, to ignore and focus just on self.

But living the life God has prepared for you and wants for you, that is not an extreme act, that is not going out on a limb – it is merely settling down and understanding who you truly are, and being confident that faith will lead you to where you should be. It isn’t crazy, it is the sanest and most wonderful thing that you can do.

You can be everything God says you can be, and live your life to the fullest. Or you can hide from your destiny. Thanks to free will, the choice is always yours.

Thanks to God, there IS a choice…and He eagerly waits for you to make it.

True contentment always comes when you are where you are supposed to be, doing what you are supposed to be doing.