The Line Between The Two

Everytime I hear about someone being tragically killed it makes me think for a minute about what if that had been me... what kind of impact (if any) would I have left on this world for the sake of Christ and the Gospel. Riding home last night I heard a song I had not heard in a while and it brought all this to memory. Christian recording artist, Mark Harris, wrote a thought prevoking song called 'The Line Between The Two" refering to the line on a grave stone that seperates the date we were born and the date we die.

The Bible, in the epistle of James, says that our life is a vapor that only lasts a short while. The Bible also talks about "redeeming the time for the days are evil." The thing is, we never know how long our own vapor will last or, in the case of the grave stone, how long the line between the two will run. There is coming a day when Christians will stand before God (what the Bible calls the Judgement Seat of Christ) and give an account for how we lived. This has nothing to do with salvation, this is for those who are already saved. The unsaved will have their own date with Diety at the Great White Throne Judgement. At the Judegment seat of Christ our works will be examined to see what our rewards (or lack of rewards) will be.

Question, how much of your "line bewteen the two" have you offered as a serving sacrifice to Jesus Christ and how much of that line has been all about you? I believe when we take an honest look at the answer to that question, we will find ourselves embarassingly one sided to self (myself included).

On this Labor Day weekend, try to reflect on what you can do to "Labor" in the name of Christ and the Gospel. It could be sharing your testimony with an unsaved friend, co-worker or family member that desperately needs to hear the Good News. Or like in Matthew 25 it could be something simple like visiting the orphan, the widow, the sick, the imprisoned. Jesus taught us when we do this in His name, we are doing this for Him.

Much like football, christianity is a not a "non contact" sport. We are called to spread the news that only Jesus saves and not keep this truth bottled up inside us. An isolated Christian is a paralyzed Christian. Just make sure you don't go to the extreme on the other end and get caught up in the world and the people of this world. We are to be in the world, not of it.... insulation, not isolation.

"The Line Between The Two"
Mark Harris

A beginning and an ending, dates upon a stone
But the moment in the middle is how we will be known
Cause what defines us can be found within a line
Finding reason for our time

chorus
And the years go by, how they seem to fly
They’ll all be over soon
When our life is done, did we live and love The way we wanted to
Cause everyday that we leave behind Goes on to tell the truth
Of how we lived in the line between the two,


Will I walk straight, will I be true
Will I finish strong
Will I stand up for the moment
When I could right a wrong
Because the legacy we have will never change
It’s how we spend our days

Chorus:
And the years go by, how they seem to fly
They’ll all be over soon When our life is done,
did we live and love The way we wanted to
Cause everyday that we leave behind
Goes on to tell the truth
Of how we lived in the line between the two


I could live a life for just myself
Or I could live a life for someone else
But I’ll live and die just to hear You say
Well done my son come and be with Me

chorus:
And the years go by, how they seem to fly
They’ll all be over soon
When our life is done, did we live and love
The way we wanted to
Cause everyday that we leave behind
Goes on to tell the truth
Of how we lived in the line between the two
The line between the two