Choose life!

Through out the New Testament letters we are reminded to fix our eyes on Jesus; he should be our vision [our purpose, our goal]. But have you ever thought what Jesus’ vision is? It’s us. As our passionate gaze reaches heavenward we suddenly discover that God’s passionate gaze was already on us; it’s always been on us, since before the creation of the world! The ‘vision’ of heaven is you.
Just in case you need to be convinced listen to Jesus’ vision in his own words:
"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.” John 3:16-17 (Msg)

The purpose of Jesus (and therefore God’s greatest desire) was to give us life – a full life, a fulfilled life. That is what we have, and this is what we can share. Pepsi adverts once resonated with the empty promise that you would ‘live life to the max’ if you drank their product. As nice as it was it did not deliver on the promise.

How many people do you know that are looking for life, for meaning, purpose and fullness? Look around; they all are! Look in their eyes, there is the cry that says, ‘there must be more to life than this.’
How good are you at concealing the truth?
If I gave you 10p to hold (it’s all I have spare) and told you not to tell anyone. Would you be able to conceal the truth if someone asked you if you had 10p. Or what if you heard someone nearby saying that they needed 10p, would they sense from you body language that you may be holding onto the coin they are looking for?

But knowing that people are looking for life [a full life] do we conceal it or do we should out gleefully, ‘I have found it! Look, let me show you!’

The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back to the village and told everyone, "Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?" So the people came streaming from the village to see him… Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, "He told me everything I ever did!"… Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe because we have heard him ourselves, not just because of what you told us. He is indeed the Saviour of the world." John 4:28-30, 39, 42 (Msg)

Rejoice: What you have is what people want.