Living the good life

How many times have you heard someone say (usually with a bit of tongue in cheek), "I'm living the good life"?  Maybe you yourself have said it to someone in a facetious way.  I know I have.  When that expression is used by those of us who lead normal everyday somewhat blue collar lives, we are referring to something we are not.  In our minds we envision "the good life" as one free of bills, of independent wealth that frees us to have what we want, a life free of worries and problems.....in other words a mythical life, a figment of our imagination.  That's why we use the term facetiously.

All who are living the life of trying to be a Christ follower are, in reality, living the good life aren't we if you really think about it?  Our daily lives are anything but those lives we perceive when we use that term "living the good life".  We do have bills and obligations, problems and issues, wants and needs we can't always fulfill, etc.  If Christ is at the center of your life, make no mistake...you're living the good life. 

When Christ is at the center of our lives we don't have to assume anything, we can do more because we fear less, we need less because we have all we need, we smile because we are secure in our salvation, we dream of that time when we will be with Him, we laugh because we are happy and we see good, and we absolutely know we are blessed because we trust God.

Now that's living the good life !