One of the phrases I'm positive will come up in conversation will be, "Don't waste your life!"
This phrase will challenge, encourage, convict and prayerfully set hearts ablaze for the King, His Kingdom and His service in the Kingdom. If I'm honest, I think that phrase has popped up in my brain at least once a day for the past 4-5 years (Thank you John Piper and more recently, Lecrae and Reach Records).
One of the ways my wife and I have tried to not waste our time and concurrently, our life is by the movies we choose to watch or not to watch. I personally tend to like movies about war, perseverance, battle, determination and adversity because those kinds of words are synonymous with the Christian life.
Today, a quote from one of my favorite movies of all time, maybe my favorite, popped into my head and I think it hits the nail right on the head.
We as Christians are called to make war, as warriors, fighters, men and women in the field of battle, against our sin. By God's grace we are new creations in Christ Jesus and thus, we are fighters; we are fighters against desires that prior to our conversion, we never fought against. Once we are in Christ, God gives us the grace to be great fighters everyday. Let's not waste "it".
Here's the quote. I hope I don't have to tell you what movie this is from, especially if you're from Philadelphia.
