adventure

         

 

                  A saying worth taking note of

  

             Jesus came to give us so much more than orthodox

religion, dry information or boring routine! He never intended to produce nice, well-behaved people.

No! What He offers is His own adventurous, even dangerous life. He has no desire to control or manipulate you, to limit or constrain you. His desire is simply to set you free to be what He dreamt you would be – an expression of His own limitless self – His image and likeness.(andre rabie)

Adventure, adventure. I love adventure. I hate a static cumbersome and an obvious life. A life scarce of adventure is like food without salt; like arriving at the bus station to find the last bus has already left.

An obvious life is a predictable life, scarce of spontaneity and creativity; a dull , lifeless life which is not worthy of what Christ came to give us. A normal orthodox life sounds like this. Being born, going to school, working hard to pass the necessary exams, after years of hard work, get employed in a good company, , get a wife to marry , bear children, live in a good house, have a good car/cars, wait for retirement and death then,,,,,,

These are good things that people look forward too. They are excellent and worthy of our investments but they can’t suffice to define the quantity and the quality of life Christ has for us.

Jesus came to give us life and life in abundance. Again not religion, not do’s and donts . Religion has managed to lock us in the pits of the obvious; survive by your own efforts. Religion is manipulative, gives births to slaves who are out there acting like confused zombies.

Christ is the real adventure

John 10:10b but I have come to give you life and life in plenty

A couple is said to have sailed from Europe to Africa collecting shells in  the sea as a way of adventure after years of hard work. This was the suitable way they could spend their fortune as they approached their latter years. It doesn’t matter how obvious your life has been, there is something in us that yearns to explode out of the normal tranquil of life and experience the superficial.

Religion will never give us the kind of life that is full of adventure and joy. Living under the laws of do’s and don’ts will never free people to express who they are. Its no wonder that our churches are full of Law seemingly abiding citizens but people who are full of rage; people who are too dull for life.

Christ is the real adventure. Jesus offers us life and not normal orthodox religion. Jesus is not about to manipulate you as if you were a puppet. Jesus is not a human rights activist proclaiming a moral change of behavior. Jesus wants to transform you from the inside out. He wants you to experience the joys of life.

Andre rabie one of my favorite grace preachers says that Jesus is not offering you a comfortable orthodox obvious life; rather life in Christ is a dangerous adventure like, enthralling encounter with the God of universe energizing himself in you. He says that the resurrection life we have received from Christ is not a timid grave tending life, rather a life full of adventure for his spirit rubs together with ours fully assuring us that we are the children of God.

The gospel does not reveal how to be successful in life. The bible rather is not a basic book for instruction of life. The gospel reveals Christ in you. He reveals the word made flesh and making his dwelling amongst us, that’s adventure! The problem is that many people engage the word of God for instructions. When you read the word of God to look for something to do; something to work on, something to apply then you are missing out on what the scripture is all about. The word is not a doing organism but its living and active. The word is full of the life of Christ.

Paul summarized the gospel as this

The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory(col 1:26-27)

The summary of the gospel, the summary of what the bible is about is Christ in you the hope of glory, rather than Christ in history or Christ in the seminary theological books. The simplicity of life is yet and adventure worth delving into.

Christ in you is the most radical and spontaneous way of living life full of vitality and excitement, it’s a life that sky rockets above the normal routine full of boring Do’s and don’ts. Life in Christ is not basic principals How to maneuver in life kind of structure. Life in Christ is gigantic, ginormous; it’s a life full of love embracing life and circumstances full of positivity, embracing opportunities full of assurance of salvation. People who have the eyes of their understanding opened to reveal Christ who is in them never remain the same. They express creativity, spontaneity and vitality. Such a people are not boring, show me a person full of Christ and I will show you a person full of adventure and life. Lets embrace with open arms the limitless extent of life we have in Christ Jesus.