Fully alive!

We live in a society, that teaches us from an early age: „You have the right to .. You have the right to be treated fairly, to be well educated, to say your opinion anytime, to have a good life, you have the right to do with your life what you want to.” As I started working in Germany, there seemed to be something I couldn´t understand. Caring about patients that received the best, up-to date medical care, were treated right and mostly with very good results, but despite of this they seemed to be unhappy.. Even when they got the best one-bed room in the hospital, newspapers were brought to their rooms, family could visit them anytime and the personal was very friendly and kind. One patient even wanted a guarantee from our professor, that her heart condition will not reappear! One day I grabbed a medical magazine and on the front page it said: „All patients have right to be healthy!” That shocked me. Do they really mean that? How about all t...

„In the shelter of your presence you hide them (those who fear you, those who take refuge in you) from all human intrigues, you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.” Psalm 31:20 These words captivated my heart and I made me thinking about what exactly it means to live hidden in God. I mean not only to seek refuge by God in the times of trouble, but to permanently reside in Him. Is it possible to stay there and never leave it? What and where is this secret place? In the shelter of His presence He hides us, where His Love overwhelms us constantly, His Peace protects our minds and His Joy fills our souls every day. He wants us to dwell in this place day and night. That is actually the reason why He gave His life on the cross. So we may be where He is. And it does not only relate to our life after death, but I am convinced, that we can be where He is everyday of our lives right now! In His house, in His heart, in His presence. We are ...

One song says that the God´s Kingdom is upside-down, inside-out. What is valued in this world has little or no value in the Kingdom of God. And on the other side the Bible says the last will be first and that the Kingdom of God belongs to children – the little ones. Opposite of the darkness is light, so the Kingdom of light has to be the exact opposite to the world here. That´s the tricky thing, we live in the fallen world, but as children of God, we should live according to the Kingdom principles. I learned a little bit about how you can do this through exercising your God given authority in your workplace, in your family, among your friends. We all like to have authority, to be taken seriously. But it will always cost you something. ”Whoever wants to become great among you, must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first, must be your slave – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Matt 20:...