Live a Radical Life

I have a friend who used to be a F16 fighter jet pilot. He had flown critical missions over the war zones providing support and service to our country. As he was transitioning to another job, he was lamenting how he cannot find another job that is as thrilling. My immediate thought was, “Serve God.”

When you read the pages of the Gospel and the book of Acts you will find nothing less than total surrender, radical living and miracles as everyday life. When Jesus chose the disciples He didn’t call the most qualified with education, bankers or the ones with social connections to the elites. Instead, he picked the down and out of the society who would follow Him to a radical life. Nothing against the rich and famous of our society but unless we’re willing to give it all up, we’re not true disciples.

I don’t know what you do but imagine God calling you to surrender everything – your career, family, name and fame. What would you do? Will you be able to give it all up to live the radical life? Does the world have a hold on you or can you wear this world like a lose jacket that you can come out of easily?

Jesus said, unless we’re willing to forsake our mother, father, children and earthly possession, we’re not worthy to follow Him. This is a high standard that most of us are not willing to even think about. But if we’re to become the disciple of Christ, we must be willing! Nothing in our material possession should take the place of our Lord.

Sanjay grew up in a Christian family but in his teenage years, he turned away from the Truth. He got involved with drugs and riotous living. Once he was delivering drugs to another city by train when the police had surrounded him. There was no escape other than to jump off the speeding train. And he did! Except for hitting the hard ground, Sanjay kept falling and falling. Suddenly he was soaking wet. He had jumped out of the moving train to fall into a river beneath. Soon after, he came to one of our conferences and gave his heart to the Lord. He went through our discipleship training and today Sanjay is touching thousands of lives with the Gospel. That is radical living!

By now you may be thinking, “Sandy, what are you saying? Should I give up all my possession and go after the unknown?” No. I’m simply prompting you to consider what the Lord is asking you to do. Don’t spend all your life pursuing your dreams only to realize you’ve missed out on God’s plan for your life. A disciple lives to please his master. We too must live to please the Master of our lives.

A week from now, I’ll be going back to India and Nepal to help 7,000 people with the Gospel. We will train pastors and leaders. We will speak to thousands of youth and we’ll help the poor and persecuted children. Will you consider making a difference for our God with your prayers and support? We count it a privilege to represent you on the mission field winning souls to your heavenly account.

Let us live a radical life. Nothing is more exciting than living for our God.

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16 NKJV).

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