Are you alive?

After reading the title, you are probably thinking that of course you are alive! You're breathing, looking at your computer screen, and possibly munching on some delicious snack (that I'm jealous of, btw... it's lunchtime...). "Yes," you assure me. "I'm alive."

But is that all?

What are you living for? Is life only about breathing, eating, sleeping, and texting? If you think it's not, then what are you doing about it? Where does your passion lie?

I believe that many people squelch this passion. I can see it in their eyes. They're living, but their soul is covered with a dark shadow. Their conversation may be deep and thought-provoking, but it's empty. Like a chocolate Kinder egg you break open and find to be empty. It is possible to be alive and still be dead.

Even Christians can be like this. They lose the passion. They become luke-warm and start to believe the lies of Satan without knowing it. We generally refer to this as "back-sliding," or reverting to the way we were before we were made clean.

I would like to challenge you to be alive right now. Pick up the Armor of God and remember who you are and who He is. Live every day, hour, minute, and thought for Him. Open yourself up to hearing His calling. That is, in one sentence, what I am getting at. Being alive does not necessarily mean to go off tomorrow and climb a mountain, swim across the ocean, or do something else that is amazing. It means to be attentive to the Lord's voice.

If you already got this memo a while ago, it doesn't hurt to be reminded. And pray for someone in your life who needs to come alive.

Be pro-life, and I don't just mean in the abortion argument. :-)