There is indescribable joy, deep satisfaction and an eternal purpose in dying to ourselves and living for Christ.

This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation.

And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.

We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued greater retirement, or been more successful in the eyes of this world. Instead, we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when every nation, tribe, people, and language will bow around the throne and sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God who deserves eternal worship.

The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things.

Our great need is to fall before an almighty Father day and night and to plead for him to show his radical power in and through us, enabling us to accomplish for his glory what we could never imagine in our own strength.

The Bible clearly reminds us that left to ourselves, we would be lost forever.