Living The Christian Life

To be a Christian means to be follower of Jesus Christ. It starts with accepting Him as your Savior (Meaning asking Him to forgive you for your sins and accept His death on the cross as payment for those sins) and your Lord (Meaning you turn over your life to Him and ask Him to direct you). This is how the relationship begins. But where do you go from here? You allow Him to work in your life. The Lord will change you, make you into the person He wants you to be. You began to live, what we'll refer to as the "Christian life". And living the Christian life...
 

Starts With God's Wisdom
"The Lord gives wisdom, and from His mouth come knowledge and understanding." Proverbs 2:5

The Lord is full of Love, Truth and Wisdom. He knows ending as well as He knows the beginning. He is the Creator, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Because of His standing as God over all things, there is no one more worthy nor qualified to direct your life. Acknowledging this is the first step.

 

It Also Requires Moral Application
"Let all those that put their trust in you rejoice, let them shout for joy!" Psalm 5:11

What I mean by "moral application" is making a decision in your heart to follow God's will (Which He will make known to you through the Bible, as an answer to prayer, and as a result of events that occur in your life).

For example, I recently had to put together a dresser. Now there were instructions that came with the dresser and I acknowledge that these instructions were the best way to put it together, but being a guy, I never made a conscious decision to follow them. Until I saw how badly I was messing up! Then I went back and followed the instructions and the dresser was put together properly. So you must first understand that God's way is best, then decide to follow.

 

Then It Requires Practical Application
"You are My friends if you do what I command" John 15:13

In other words if you're reading your Bible and read, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," you must apply that Truth to your everyday life. What you read in your Bible you must do to your co-workers, your classmates, your friends, enemies - to everyone! When you start to do this is when your relationship with God grows leaps and bounds. Because what will happen is you will first recognize that you can't live this life without His help and then begin to pray for Him to help you.

 

The Result Of Living The Christian Life
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

The verses above sums up the result of leading the Christian life. The path will be made straight for you. There will be times when you don't understand what He is doing. Be still and know He is God and He loves you. There will be times when you fall off the road He will placed you on. He will pick you up and place you back because He is Faithful and Just. And when you have reached journeys end you will finally see where He has been leading you all this time - home with Him.