To live

" 'OK, then let's think about the start of the Christian church. There's no question it began shortly after the death of Jesus and spread so rapidly that within a period of maybe twenty years it had even reached Caesar's palace in Rome. Not only that, but this movement triumphed over a number of competing ideologies and eventually overwhelmed the entire Roman empire.'

'Now, if you were a Martian looking down on the first century, would you think Christianity or the Roman Empire would survive? You probably wouldn't put money on a ragtag group of people whose primary message was that a crucified carpenter from an obscure village had triumphed over the grave. Yet it was so successful that today we name our children Peter and Paul and our dogs Caesar and Nero!' " -excerpt from Case For Christ by Lee Strobel pages 343-344 in Strobel's interview with J. P. Moreland Ph.D.

It's interesting how powerful the Bible, the name of Jesus, and the Truth (Jn 14:6) can be. There's an overwhelming feeling that washes over most individuals, whether it is a sense of fear (because of lack of knowledge of what it all means) or a bit of excitement (because you have experienced the evidence of the power). There's various reasons for the emotions, feelings, and process the brain takes when Sovereign-powerful statements are spoken. If we each knew, with deep revelation that power...what a difference our daily lives would be.

Where would you be? What would you be doing? Where would you be going? Who would you meet? If you truly walked in that reality - the reality.

The reality being that there is a God. You have the opportunity to obey, love and believe in Him through Christ. Within those bounds, you are given a protection and guidance through the Holy Spirit that is beyond the "rational" human mind. Thus, having experiences in life that are amazingly unreal!

Ah, to live.