Start Living The Important Stuff // Your Road To A Stunning Life, Part 1

<p>So many people who believe in Jesus are wondering – why isn’t my life all that I expected? Why isn’t my life everything that the Bible promises that it should be? Well, it turns out that those people, probably aren’t living the important stuff.</p> <div id="transcript33329-1" class="" data-toggler="is-hidden" aria-expanded="false"> <h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>BELIEVE THAT HE IS</strong></span></h4> <p>So, back to that question that I just asked you: What sort of a life do you think that God wants for you? Well your answer to that, I guess, is going to depend on two things: Whether or not you believe that God actually exists, and what sort of a life you’ve had so far. Those two things more than any others are going to shape your answer to that all-important question.</p> <p>I’ve thought an awful lot about the life that I’m living, and the lives that other people are living. You see, I have more opportunities than most to reflect on the lives of other people. You can imagine that I receive a lot of feedback from listeners to these radio-messages from right around the world: Letters and phone calls and E-mails, and messages on our website at Christianityworks.com – lots and lots of feedback.</p> <p>The abject misery of many of those people’s lives at times rocks my faith to the core: The woman in London who had to sell her body on the street just to get food on the table; the guy who was on the brink of suicide; the woman whose husband had just left her for another woman; the elderly man who lost his wife of fifty-four years. So many people share the deepest despair of their lives with me, and at some point, you have to ask yourself the question: "Hang on. Is God still on His throne? Is God the God of love for real? In fact, does He exist at all"?</p> <p>Am I suggesting that everybody’s life is a mess? No, not at all, but it’s as plain as the nose on my face that we all go through difficult times: Times of tragedy in our lives that leave us wondering about this so-called God. And in between the time