Kyknet Lent Guide 2022Sample

What do you see as the good life? You have ideas about the good life, even if you’re not aware of them. We dream of our ships coming in and giving us everything we truly need. Mark 1:15 states clearly that Jesus’ first sermon centres around the fact that we need to revise our ideas of a life in full in light of the fact that we can now live our lives with Him.

John 17:3 gives us a definition of eternal life, namely that we might know the one true God and Jesus Christ. We are therefore already living. The Epicurean people from Acts 17:18, believed that it was up to us to make the best of our lives. The Stoics believed that we were merely pawns and that everything was predestined. A human was simply to accept what he/she was given. The Platonists greatly separated the visible from the invisible, the mortal body from the immortal soul. For them, life was about getting rid of the lusts and drives of the flesh and focusing on the invisible eternal. Life in full would someday dawn.

We are given a different comprehension of life. Life is in Jesus. Life ís Jesus. Life in full is life with Jesus. For a few moments, consider your own ideas of life. It might be easier to do this if you consider how you spend your time, your money and what you daydream about.

Reflection

Take some time to come into contact with your ideas of life. Are you invited to change your ideas? Speak to Him about it and ask Him to help you.

Grace

Lord, I ask for the grace to awaken to life with You.