Lesson from a South African Teacher

I will be forever indebted to one teacher I met on that first Leadership Summit day, Impact. We were talking about Christianity and how people need to experience Jesus. He said, “Christianity is not a religion, it is a life.” WOW! That really stuck to me. I’ve heard so many times, “Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship.” And it is, but from the South African teacher, it is even more than a relationship, it is a LIFE! That covers it fully. Christianity is not something that we practice; it is the way we live. It is not put on and taken off, it is not a relationship that can be broken, it is life, it is what we do, day in and day out. Our lives are not different depending on where we are or who we are with or the day of the week. It is the same, all the time. It is a life. It is us. It is Jesus in us. That is Christianity. I knew that, I know that, I’ve preached it for almost 40 years. But for him to put it the way he did. That made it simple, yet profound. It is so true. Christianity is a life. And as people who believe in Jesus, it is THE LIFE, it is the only way to live. Like Peter said when Jesus asked him if he was going to leave, Peter replied, “Master, to whom shall we go? You alone have the words that give eternal life.” Where can we go but to Him? Once we have tasted the living water, everything else is worth nothing.