If you've ever been to youth camp, a great Christian concert, or a phenomenal revival, you undoubtedly know that mountain-top experience. You know where you have the feeling that you could charge hell with a super soaker, and you're ready to do a little beat-down on the devil himself. This can be the best feeling ever, and you know what is even better than having this feeling? ...maintaining this feeling for more than a week. It is super hard to keep that mountain high and you may have to wait a year or longer for the next camp or revival.
It is easy to fall back into the routine of every day life and to be complacent with an ordinary life. But this is where you can get in trouble...when you do things routinely, you lose your spark and vivacity in life. You become an ordinary person leading an ordinary life. But here's the problem, God calls us to be extraordinary people and to live extraordinary lives for Him. To the world, we should look like were high on Christ, but all too often we just seem boring and "religious."
So how do we stand out to the world without shoving God in their faces and down their throats? I think that the answer is simple...live it out and live it up. Jesus himself said in John 10:10 that "I have come so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly." Live a satisfying and happy life in the midst of trouble, worldly problems, and, most importantly, live with Jesus Christ by your side; always being mindful to give Him the glory for anything and everything. Just like the song above says "Don't let your lights go down, don't let your fire burn out...don't be afraid to stand out. That's how the lost get found." You never know who is watching you and how you may be a light to them without even noticing. But if they are noticing you for your living testimony, you must be doing something right.
Challenge: Be a shining light in a dark world, don't be afraid to stand out and stand up for Jesus, and try your hardest to maintain a spiritual high 24/7/365.
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