Not a day goes by when my email or facebook is not filled
with links telling me to do things. '10
reasons to do a marathon' '6 steps to simplify your life' '8 keys to a happy
marriage' '12 films that will change your life' and on and on and on it goes. For every advice column telling me to do
something another five tell me the opposite.
We are living in a world full or advice.
We are living in a world of 'do this, don't do that and then all will be
better.' It is a world driven by the
basic principle that if I just do more or do better then I will be happy and
fulfilled.
The problem is that even if you manage to get that
promotion, even if you do move into that house you always wanted, even if you
do get the baby twin girls you always dreamed of, something else will soon come
along. Some new list of '48,000 things
to do' will make your heart yearn for more.
Easter should have reminded us that in this world full of
people shouting 'good advice' Jesus offers us something radically
different. Jesus offers Good News. Christianity is not about 'what would Jesus do'
but 'what has Jesus done.' The Good News
of Christianity is that where it really counts we are loved beyond all
imagination. We are treasured as
priceless children. Nothing we do is
going to change the love our Father has towards us and we know this because despite
knowing everything about us, including all of our weakness, darkness, and
selfishness, God loved us enough to die for us that we might be forgiven
regardless. As we move through the year,
let's not forget the message of Easter—your value is not in what you do but
what Jesus did for you. If you accept
this radical, counter-cultural truth, then and only then, will you find real
happiness, peace, joy, and fulfilment which never ends and nothing can beat and
no list of 'good advice' can change.
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