Here are a couple of questions for us to ponder on: do we understand the role that Christ plays (or wants to play) in our lives? And if we do, are we allowing Him to play those parts?
Let us look to the bible to see what these roles are:
- A Planner
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
How lucky are we that we have a master planner who has great things planned for us? Some may be a little skeptical of this but if we fully allow Christ to work in our lives, we are allowing Him to create the amazing life He originally planned for us.
- Our Savior
“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” – 1 Timothy 2: 3-4
Christ is not just our Savior, he wants to be our Savior and I believe that there is a big difference between those two things. He wants us to be saved and therefore, it is up to us to allow Him to work in our lives in order for us to be saved.
- A teacher
“Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” –Luke 9:23
In this life, Jesus is the ultimate teacher and we are disciples called to learn from Him, take His lead and make Him as our role model. The bible is full of His teachings on how we can learn from Him and become better Christians and therefore, we should always look to it for guidance.
There are many roles that Christ plays or wants to play in our lives and we just need to let Him take full authority over it. We should take the time to ask ourselves, are we allowing Christ to take full control in our lives and make me be the best version of myself that I can be? And if not, how can I allow Him to do so?
Once we are able to answer these questions and practice them in our daily lives, slowly but surely, we will then begin to see what wonders He can do for us in this lifetime.
