Paul said in Colossians 3:4, "When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." He said in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Christ indeed should be our life, our whole life. For most people, however, Christ is but a small part of their life. In this busy world of ours we have a tendency to assign certain things their little stations of priority. For example, one might say, "I need to spend ten hours on the job today, two hours with the family, an hour watching TV, and, of course, five minutes in prayer." Religion, then, is just a small, very small, piece of a very large pie.
First century Christians had a much different perspective on life than modern man. They were servants of Christ, finding time for routine things. Today, people seem to be servants of routine things, trying to find a little time for Christ.
Some might defend themselves by saying, "I go to church, I put a big check in the collection plate, and if they need me to help out all they have to do is ask." Nonetheless, "Is Christ truly in control of our life?" In other words, "Just who is in control?" "Is it me, or is it the Lord?"
Let us all do our very best day in and day out to let Christ truly live in us.
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