Have you ever been so consumed with something that it controlled all areas of your life? Maybe you really wanted to make the soccer team, so you practiced every chance you got and ran laps after school and cut out all junk food. Or maybe you wanted to be class president and you spent countless afternoons working on your campaign speech and making posters and meeting as many students as possible. Maybe you pursued those activities so hard that your friends wondered what happened to you, and your family only saw you now and again at dinnertime. You were committed and devoted.
Paul led a life that was completely devoted to the cause of Christ. He endured countless persecutions and shipwrecks and imprisonments, but through it all he never lost his wholehearted commitment to telling people about Jesus and his great love for them. His commitment to Christ should challenge us to stop and think about how we’re spending our lives. So what are you devoted to?
I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace. Acts 20:24 NCV
Excerpted from Revolve: The Complete New Testament. © 2010 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Holy Bible, New Century Version. © 2009 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
