Christianity- A lifestyle

Being a follower of Christ is not about religion for me, it has always been about a lifestyle choice. For me following Christ is not just about being spiritual, for me it is a personal relationship with God. I have never known a life without Jesus. I can't exactly recall where I have first heard of him. It has to be either at home from family prayers or at Sunday school. As I come from a Christian family, it was obvious that we were introduced to Bible from a young age, but having a personal relationship with God requires you to have someone guide you and study bible rather than just read. 

I was sent to a Christian Boarding school where we had umpteen number of opportunity to study Bible. That was the building block that helped me overcome various obstacles in my life and helped me in building a personal relationship with Christ. I have read several self-help books over the years back from my time at PGDBM and later as well. The one thing I understood is that a Bible can answer more questions you have about life and yourself than any number of self-help or spiritual book combined. Some may argue that Biblical verses are vague and inconsistent. It is to those who are unable to read between the lines. I do not claim to understand the Bible completely. I haven't even begun to understand half of it. The unique thing about Bible verses are that they can give new meanings each time you read them; which I have never experienced while reading anything else in my life.

Every big decision I have made in my life has been a reflection of my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I wish I could say every choice I made is a reflection of Christ. But I am imperfect. I hope to make my choice of thought, words and action to reflect that of Christ as much as I can. I am far from it in many aspects. But I try and I have succeeded in imbibing Christ's character in me. It is a constant self- repair you do. You analyse your life and you make adjustments. You fail but you have hope in Christ. I have taken years to control my short temper. From my teenage years to my mid 30s I know personally that I have come a long way. But there are days when I explode. I sit back and analyse the choice of words, behaviour and actions I have taken and I consciously take decisions to manage my anger.

To live a Christian life is to follow Christ’s footsteps, to believe in his teachings and living them too. It is about making decisions and choices Christ would approve of. And that's exactly why to me being a Christian is not about rituals or traditions. It’s completely personal to me. Having Christ as my role model has only helped me to the best of who God intended me to be. Whether you believe in a higher power or not, I am sure no one soul has ever perished because they believed in Christ and tried to live according to his teachings. Preaching God’s words is easy, living the life Jesus preached is the task in front of us.

If you look into my life, I may not reflect everything Christ but I most certainly do in several areas of my life and I am always a work in progress in God's hands. Christian life is a work-in-progress. Do you want to be the best of who God intended you to be? Come let us all find fellowship in Christ.

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