What Are You Living For?

Have you ever asked yourself this question? Many people could say a job, a boyfriend, a sorority, or anything else that would take the place of living for God. I am in a sorority, but after college where will my sorority get me? Living for God is an eternal gift. No one ever is on their death bed saying that they wished they would have lived for a sorority or a job. Every single moment that you live for Christ is pure, sweet gain. As it says in Philippians 3:7-8, "But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ." Loss for the sake of Christ is such a sweet, sweet sacrifice. I know that when I was living for everything but Christ, these verses for scary for me. The thought of having to give up and sacrifice all my relationships, material items, and sins that were a daily part in my life was purely terrifying. Take it from someone who has been there, nothing is sweeter than sacrificing all of those things and giving them with an open hand to Christ. It's something that I can't even put into words. It's so cool to see how giving up those things and sacrificing those things and using them for Christ instead of my own fulfillment and glory has ended up making my relationships have so much more of a deeper meaning and with material items I don't really care about staying with the latest trend or if something gets ruined it doesn't faze me like it used to. It's pretty relieving actually. Just remember anything for Christ is gain, and anything for anything else is pure loss. So the question is...What are you living for?