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Death to probably all of us is considered a bad thing. No one likes dying, not too many people want to die, so it's safe to assume if someone says they're going to die you're not going to be super excited and want to throw a pre-passing away party. On the other hand, death is a good thing. If you have ever watched Rob Bell's nooma video Tomato then you might have an idea where this is going, but in fact death is actually needed in a lot of cases for their to be life. One perfect example is in the plant world. A plant springs up, grows, and turns into a beautiful flower, cabbage, or (insert random vegetable here). However, after it reaches it's peak of life it begins to die, but before it dies it does something...can you think what it is? It releases seed. Now if this process never happened and if plants never died then there would be no new plants. It is only through death that life can occur. This puts Paul's teachings in 2 Corinthians in a whole new light! In his letter Paul says:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Cor. 5:17
And this isn't the only time the Bible talks about our death bringing new life. How about Romans 6:1-4, Ephesians 2:1-5, Colossians 2:13, etc. Isn't it weird how important death is. Paul, Peter, and the rest of the Bible are clear: it is only after we die that we can truly live. We have to die to ourselves...to our focus on what we think we want, our selfishness, our anger, our lust, our greed, we have to die to the idea that we have rights and things we deserve from God. We must let go of all of those things that distract us from our true purpose: to glorify God. If we do not die to ourselves and make Jesus our One Thing (remember...this last Sunday...City Slickers) our lives will be miserable, unfulfilled, and chaotic. Today, think about one way you can die to yourself. Whether that's talking to that person who annoys you, or sitting next to that guy who know one likes, or letting know your parents how much they mean to you and offering to help around the house in some way. Let's truly live today!
posted by Skylar # 11:08 AM 