Pastor’s Post

“Cliché, Cliché’”

(Live like Jesus could come back today)

According to the online Cambridge dictionary, a cliché is “something or someone that is not at all original, surprising, or interesting because it has very often been seen before”.

Some familiar examples of clichés include

·         “All that glitters is not gold”

·         “Opposites attract”

·         “Every cloud has a silver lining”

And so many more (and probably better ones) I’m sure you can come up with. As “cliché” as these phrases are… they are no less true.

·         All that glitters isn’t gold. That’s true. Just because something looks good (or

shiny), it doesn’t mean it’s worth the cost.

·         Opposites attract. This still tends to be true. I know it’s true in my life. My

wife and are fairly different. Yes, that can cause conflict, but it also allows us to complement each other and meet the needs each of us have.

Every cloud has a silver lining. If this was ever true, than it still is today. Very often, there is good that come out of bad situations. The silver lining seldom outweighs the cloud, but there is still good that can come out of it.

Romans 13:11 likely sounds just like another one of those cliches, “our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” The experience of eternal salvation with Jesus forever away from this earth and the sin and miseries within it, is closer than when I first trusted in Jesus.

It is true; A lot of “water has passed under the bridge” since I got saved. I don’t know when I am going to “kick the bucket” but I’m a lot closer to that date than when I got saved.

If this “Cliché” is true, (and I propose that it is), how shall we then live? Each day that passes is one less day to live on this earth, and one more day closer to what our eternity is going to be.

In the book of Matthew, chapter 25,
Jesus talks about 3 different servants and how each one worked while their master was gone. Two of these servants did the best they could with what they had. Though not being equal in the amount of what they were able to accomplish, I believe both lived up to the max potential they were capable of. The third servant chose to do nothing with what he was entrusted with, and chose instead to make excuses for why he did nothing. Jesus informed the listeners, that these servants were rewarded for the spiritual investment they made.

   If you are saved, your ultimate salvation is coming. It’s “closer today than when you first believed.” How are you living your faith out? Are you making a “spiritual investment” like two of the three of these servants were? Or are you making excuses for why you can’t do what God is asking you to do?

                                                                                         “Live like Jesus could come back today”.

                                                                                                                        ~Pastor Josh