New Normal Life

Should the Lord grant me a century lifetime to live, I have lived almost half of my life. In these four decades and more of my human life, I have learned a lot. From the past, from the present, from failures and from successes too. Life is about living and learning to live. The only question is, what is the scale with which your life is measured. Is it ethic, or religiosity, or spirituality? Borrowng from the Scriptures, the best life to live is, Christ. 

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21, RecVer

Living Christ is the standard for a normal Christian life. In fact, to be a Christian is to be a normal human being. For without Christ, life is abnormal, no matter what standard one lives. Only Christ is the normal life. 

In Christ, everything of humanity and divinity is encapsulated. Loving what or who to love, hating what or who to hate, Christ is the standard. Love or hate outside Christ is just human feelings. Therefore, the normal Christian life is to live Christ in His divinity and in His humanity. A life in Christ is perfectly human and completely godly. 

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and His grace unto me did not turn out to be in vain, but, on the contrary, I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God which is with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10, RecVer

By the grace of God I am what I am. It is His grace that has been keeping me thus far. I have been learning to take Christ as my life. While in the ministry journey, I was fully occupied with the ministry I was involved in. While at time, I was also fully occupied with my responsibility as a father. While at the office, I was also fully occupied with my official responsibilities. There was no time to waste. Life, to me, was indeed worth the living.

The past few months, I was fully occupied with carrying out responsibilities; official, of the church, and of my family. From morning to late night, all my time was occupied. I was glad that the Lord enabled me to accomplish everyday my daily schedule. My personal time with the Lord in the word and prayer, time with my family, time with the saints for the church life, and all official works were all well spent day by day. This all were due to the grace of God specially bestowed upon me. Praise the Lord!

For instance, the last few days before I ventured off for another ministry journey was noteworthy. So many things came up that I needed to finish before I travel again. I had only three days from the time I came back till I needed to leave again. On the Lord's Day, as usual, I was fully occupied with the church meeting in Gurugram and brothers' fellowship in Delhi. On Monday and Tuesday, I had to complete all the pending official works along with taking care of the family's needs. Somehow, I determined in my heart, I would complete it, and I did so. Finally, everything that needed to be done was done. At times, I wandered how such accomplishment was possible in a few days. It was the grace of God. This is by Christ's life. This is what I call, the new normal. A balanced life between office, church, and family. That's why, I call this life, a normal Christian life, as it is possible only in Christ, by living Christ. 

May the good God grace me to live Christ as my life day by day all the days of my life.