You want to get the very most out of every day of your life. After all, isn’t that the American dream? To have the very best life that you can have? It is refreshing to know that the American lifestyle is not a dream. It is a fact, and a reality.
In your spiritual life, living that American dream, holds true there, as well. You can live the abundant life in Christ. The abundant life in Christ is the very best life that exists, while you are on earth. In discovering how well you are doing in getting the best out of every day, a little self-reflection helps tremendously. William Arthur Ward gives some wise counsel, when he said, “Four questions I should ask myself every night: Was I easy to live with? Did I grow a bit today? Was I pleasant to work with? Did I help someone along the way?” Questions definitely worth answering before you retire each night.
Scripture gives some sound teaching in regards to getting the best out of every day. It centers around how you live each and every moment of your day. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20, NKJV). To live the best life on earth, means to stop doing what you want to do. Stop living for those things, just to feel good. Living the good life means living your life the way Christ would live it if He were in your shoes.
It is good to know that living the good life is not some dream. It is not some pie in the sky. It is a reality. You live the good life, when with each thought, word spoken, or action is done the way Christ would do it. Do that today!
