Called to more...

Recently I have been so challenged to live my life to God's standard and not just how I think God wants me to live. I want to know Christ and live like Him. I don't want to look around and see that I can attain the standards of those around me or even be swayed by them, but I want to always look to the ultimate and absolute truth of our Lord. It's not that I am looking for a set of rules to live by or become legalistic, I just want to live a life that is pleasing to God by looking at the instructions he has given us. And even more so that there is so much joy in this as well. Not happiness that things are going as you want them to, or even that things are going well, but a deep-seated joy and contentment that can only come from a true relationship the one who knows you to your very core!
There is so much depth and so many facets to being a Christian that we can often focus on one particular thing while forgetting what really matters! A camp that I know of "Camp die Kroon" has an awesome theme "Know Christ, Live Christ and Help others do the same!" Imagine if we could grasp the heart of Christ how much more we could live like him and impact those around us!
Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)
Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.