C.S. Lewis

It’s a brilliant quote, isn’t it?

There is no middle ground. If Christianity is true, it absolutely matters. It matters so much, that by comparison, nothing else really matters.

Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a pearl of great price. It’s so valuable, that it’s logical, natural, and in our own self-interests to give up anything and everything else so that we can obtain it.

The implication of Lewis’ insight is that only a radically sold-out lifestyle is consistent and congruent with the belief that Jesus is Lord. Whoever wants to follow Jesus must take up his cross and lay down his life. To attempt anything else is to assert that Jesus and His Gospel are only “moderately important”. And that simply cannot be. It’s either true or it’s not.

It is true, and it means everything.

That drives me to my knees, crying out to God for the grace to live out what I believe, for more of the Holy Spirit.