Broken and Healed

I don't have to tell you that the world is broken. You already know; you've seen it yourself. We live in a world that is full of jealousy, bitterness, loneliness, and decay. Even when we are young and growing and when our technology and healthcare continue to make great advances, we are fading and decaying. Laws of physics prove this in the laws of Thermodynamics. There are more earthquakes, more diseases, and more broken hearts all the time.

When Jesus came and died and rose from the dead, he began something different from the brokenness that fills the world. He defeated sin and death which are the cause of the world's brokenness so that we don't have to be bound by it, so that we can be different.

Being a Christian is not just about believing in God and not going to Hell, it is about reversing all of that. Being saved is about God placing in your life a small image of what he plans to do with the entire world: make it new (Revelation 21). Having Jesus in your heart is not just about what happens to you after you die, it's about what happens to your life now.

You are called to live apart from bitterness because of forgiveness;
You are called to live apart from loneliness, because you are loved;
You are called to live apart from jealousy, because you have all you need.
You are called to live apart from the world, because you have Jesus.

Do you have Jesus?
Do you have that kind of relationship with Him?