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There are matters that are too important to ignore or leave to chance. These are salient moments.
“I’m just human.”
This statement has been used to excuse murderous behavior. It also has been the opening refrain of a testimony offered in appreciation of God’s grace.
But if being human is a weakness, then what are eight billion people supposed to do with their lives? Are they to walk the Earth as emotional zombies, never able to connect with a good idea two days in a row?
Or must they give in to the dark human trinity?
- Complaining about circumstances
- Lessening expectations
- Lying if necessary
Is this really what God intended? Did He create an inferior race as worship slaves to His glory? Or, as the story goes, did He breathe into them the breath of life, give them His image and declare them living souls?
It’s time for us to decide:
Are we created in God’s image, tempted by evil?
Or are we born in sin, struggling to do even a little good?
I don’t think I’m alone in needing a reason to get up in the morning other than, “I’m going to go to heaven when I die.”
So let us turn to Jesus to see what he said about this situation. He summed it up in the Sermon on the Mount when he said, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.”
What did he mean by perfect?
He’s talking about a perfect human life. And a perfect human life is defined thusly:
“I will continue to try to do better until it’s unnecessary anymore for me to try.”
Even though we may be captivated by sin, we still have free will. How many victories can we chalk up before we fail? How much fun can we have learning how to improve?
- We are human.
- We are honored to be human.
- We have the breath of life.
- We are created in God’s image.
- We are living souls, which means we do have the ability to walk between two kingdoms–Earth and Heaven.
The power we possess is in choosing. The gift we’ve been given is the breath of life. And we have a personal kinship with God.
So here is your salient moment:
Start acting more like your Father or be prepared to be a monkey’s uncle.
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