Believer or Relic?

Acts 1:7-8 ESV

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. BUT you will receive POWER when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

What is my call as a Believer? Is it not to simply witness of the Goodness of God in my life? How He has impacted me, invested in me, rescued me from my own sin? (Even to those of us who have committed our lives to Jesus from a very young age, we are not exempt from his rescuing power.) How is God changing me now? Is my relationship with Him growing and vital, or have I become a relic of what I once was? When I reflect on the work of the Cross (that God Himself came to us, paid the price that my sin, my very existence deserved, and rose again to prove His point) I am challenged and inspired all at the same time! How can I not live for this God who has done so much for me? And better yet, how can I not live for the God who not only asks that I give my life to Him, but endows me with power to actually live it out? (Acts 1:8; Phil 2:13)

My challenge to myself is to seek out ways that I can live my life more intentionally, show others what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ, and to actively share His love with them.