A Prescription for Christian Living

Typically what comes to mind when we think of a prescription as medications that need to be taken for an illness or to maintain a healthy life. As Christians, we also need to maintain a healthy life, which means taking our  medications as well. When we become Christians, we are given a prescription that we must take daily for the rest of our earthly lives.

Taking our Christian Med[ication]s

We have to be Motivated by love; John 13:34 commands us to love one another as Christ loves us. 1 Corinthians13:3 tells us we are nothing if we don't have love and 13:13 proclaims that nothing is greater than love! Galatians 5:13 confirms that it is not about us and we need to serve one another in love while 5:24 lets us know love is a fruit of the Spirit. When you love someone, you will do all you can to make sure they have everything they need to be healthy and happy. We cannot be effective Christians and neither can we please God if we do not have love; because God is love! 1 John 4:16 In order to remain on a healthy road to heaven, we must take our daily dosage of love.

Living for the Lord takes patience and Endurance. We are children of God and therefore must endure the hardships that are part of being in His family. Also, as fighters in the Lord's army, we have to be good, enduring soldiers - 2 Timothy 2:3. In the end, our endurance will reap great rewards! Revelation 3:10 To ensure a healthy end, we have to medicate ourselves on endurance every day.

We also need to dose daily on Dedication. We have to be dedicated to action - 1 Peter 1:13; we have to be dedicated to the work of the Lord by putting Him first and giving Him the ultimate glory - Colossians 33:17. We have to be dedicated to delighting in our work for the Lord and we have to be dedicated to presenting our bodies a sacrifice for His work - Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.

Finally, and probably the most bitter of all our medication is the daily dose of Separation. We have to separate ourselves from the sins of the world. That means detaching ourselves from the world and the things therein - Titus 2:11-14; Galatians 5:16-18. We must live in the light of God, shunning the evil of the darkness  1 John 1:5-9. We must give up those things that satisfy the flesh for those that satisfy the Spirit - James 4:110; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7.It might seem so hard to detach ourselves, but as children of God, we cannot straddle the fence; we cannot be lukewarm - Revelation 3:14-22. We have to be on fire for the Lord! We have to have a burning fever that will only be treated by taking our medications - that prescription for living a Godly life!