Who lives in your world? Obviously family, friends, co-workers (if you work), neighbors? Church family? Who else? I suspect there are far more residents in your world than you realize. What about what you do in your world – who are you and what do you do? Are you ‘known’? Or are you relatively unknown, even to your neighbors? Is this what you want?
Different question – do you enjoy your world? Is it a place where you can grow and experiment? Or is it a place of high structure with little opportunity for personal expression? Do you feel you are ‘contributing’ to your world? All these issues impact on the world you live in and they also refine who you are. When you combine people and context, you have a greater understanding of your world.
While your world helps to define you, you also make ‘your mark’ on your world. Who you are… it’s personal. What you do, how you go about being you, how you interact – that’s you, and it’s always personal. But on a deeper level, it is your beliefs, your attitudes, your character that define and describe who you are and why – and that’s very personal. So your answer to the most defining question you will ever face is incredibly personal – the question: who is Jesus in your life? A savior? A ‘good’ person that should be an example? Or do you see Him as someone who has no relevance to your life? Who is He?
It is always life changing when you meet Him, regardless of your response. But when you consider who He is, what He did, why He did it. what He continues to do – how do YOU respond? Jesus is not someone you can ignore. People try, but His actions and His teachings are always front and center. It is always your decision as to how you respond and then what you ‘do’ with your response, but you will make a decision either to follow Him or to deny Him. And you are always responsible for your decision… which is always personal.
