Psalm 63: 2-4

“I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory, because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live and in your name I will lift up my hands.”

Can I just make a statement today? There is nothing better in this life than knowing God, knowing his love for us and sharing it with others. David said it well. Your love is better than life. As people who say we follow God, do we really believe that? Do we really cry out to God saying I want you more than anything that this world can offer? Do we wake up each day with the prayer: You are better Lord. Serving you, sacrificing for you, surrendering to you, trusting you, following your plan for my life is truly better than anything else I have planned.

I know that for me, I desire this to be the cry of my heart. The more I follow God and step out in faith, the more I realize that what God has to offer is truly better than life. Because knowing and sharing His love is really living.

Our heartbeat as Christ followers should be to first of all know this for ourselves. To see His power and His glory, to know His love is better than life. Secondly we should desire for every other person we come in contact with to know it as well.

My challenge to myself and to everyone reading this? What are we doing today in our lives, with our lives to declare, Yes! We believe God’s love is better than life! What this world has to offer is secondary, our true desire is to go wherever God leads us and do what He has planned. To seek Him in the sanctuary and to proclaim to the nations, Our God is the best! Nothing else satisfies.

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I have been reading a book that has really challenged me in how I do ministry, it is called "No Perfect People Allowed" by John Burke. He asks the following question,"How willing am I to adapt my cultural comforts to be able to create a culture of dialogue for those who do not hold my cherished beliefs? Am I comfortable if they hang out and question and doubt in my church, small group or ministry.
It is amazing how God allows us the opportunity to live out some of the things he challenges us with. This happened to me yesterday. I was talking with a group of teens and two new people came into our discussion. I was sharing some basic biblical truths and each time I did, this one girl would say, "I don’t believe that. You cant prove that. You can’t say that the only people going to heaven are those who have Jesus in their heart." On and on it went.
My first reaction was to go on the attack and challenge everything she was saying. I wanted to be sure to prove I was right and she was wrong. Then I remembered the book I was reading and the challenge to allow others to come and question and respect their world view. It doesn’t mean I agree with her, it does mean I make sure I keep the door open for dialogue. For the next 30 minutes her and her friend asked some very challenging questions,
You know some of the questions and statements  she was making are the same ones many people are asking outside our safe Christian walls. I think more and more we need to see things from the non Christian perspective so we can better know how to meet them where they are.
How about you, are you creating a culture that allows those who differ from your Christian views the opportunity to find the answers to their questions?

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