“For
Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and
therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer
live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
COMPULSION - a very
strong
feeling of wanting to do something, especially a feeling that
you
cannot
control.
Compulsion is an interesting word. Once we receive Christ, we are a new creature
(2
Corinthians 5:17), old things have passed away … all things have become
new. During this transformation a
compulsion should have been born. This
compulsion should have been a strong desire or “want to” that drove us to read
the Bible. It was a Spiritual
hunger. It should never leave you as
long as you walk with the Lord. It tends
to leave you when you allow your spirit man to, in a manner of speaking,
dehydrate. I lived in Texas for nine
years and you can’t do a whole lot outside during the heat of the summer
without hydrating yourself constantly.
Christians must hydrate their spirit man with the “living water” that is
the word of God. It is the love we now
realize God has for us that is to do the compelling. He died for us all so that we might
live. We are no longer to serve
ourselves, but submit to the leadership of Christ in our lives. Christ not only died for us all but was
raised to new life, which is emblematic of the new life we achieve once we
receive Christ.
If you want to put salvation in
earthly terms you might think of it like this.
Let’s say that for one reason or another you found yourself in serious
debt. Let’s say, for the sake of this
example, $32,000 in debt. You lost your
job and as a result had to sell your house and move into a cheap
apartment. You had a debt that you were
unable to pay. At the moment you had no
way of even making a single payment. Now
think of how you would feel if a total stranger came along and paid that debt
in its entirety. You would want to do
something to show your appreciation to that man, wouldn’t you? That is exactly
what has happened if you received Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. He paid the debt sin had caused us. We are totally incapable of repaying it. Christ bridged the gap between God and
man. As a result of this loving act of
redemption; a ‘buyback’ of the grandest magnitude, we are to have a driving
compulsion to know Him intimately, read His word and live for Him, thus being
His ambassador to a dying and sin sick world.
WALK WITH THE KING AND BE A BLESSING!
