What are three things that you can't live without? I am sure many of you upon reading the title to this blog are beginning to determine what three things you would say you can't live without. I am sure I have answered this question, or questions similar to it, in the past, but the most recent time I heard this question it really, really, bothered me. I was listening to Christian radio and the DJ asked this question. A listener called in and answered it by saying..... Faith, family, friends. The DJ followed up by saying, if you could choose one more what would it be. The listener responded by saying, "KTIS" (that was the radio station I was listening to). While the DJ and listener laughed and the next song began to play I was left not laughing but instead feeling deeply saddened and troubled by the question. "What are three things you can't live without?" should never be a question that we as Christians ask, and if we answer, we should not be able to come up with numbers 2 and 3.
The reason that this question so deeply disturbed me is because as Christians there is only one thing that we truly cannot live without and that is the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ that restores our broken relationship with the God of the universe. That is the ONLY thing that we cannot live without. As soon as we began to add to the list, we are saying that a relationship with the God of the universe is not enough, and that my friend is a very dangerous place to be. God is enough, and always will be enough. As great as family, friends, money, jobs and on and on are, you can live without all of them because God is enough. Praying that you and I would realize that God is enough regardless of what else happens in this life. GOD IS ENOUGH!!!!
So the next time we are asked the question what are three (or two, or ten) things you cannot live without may you simply respond by saying, "God" God is the only thing I cannot live without and because of Jesus Christ, I have God and HE IS ENOUGH!!!!!
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