Jesus > YOLO

I have heard the phrase YOLO (you only live once) tossed around a lot lately. It's a pretty cool term. It basically is the modern I-want-to-have-a-cool-catchphrase-that-is-easy-to-say version the timeless Carpe Diem (seize the day). I actually really like the concept. It basically says that we don't know how much time we have left on this earth, so we need to give this life all we got.

From an temporary mindset, I can understand this. And I like it. But I don't live with a temporary mindset anymore. I am a child of God, and as such, I know that I have eternity ahead of me. I will be spending the rest of eternity with Jesus, the one who smashed YOLO to pieces. He didn't only live once. He died and was resurrected three days later. Romans 4:25 says, "He was delivered up [to death] for our trespasses and raised for our justification." He said, "No, yo" to YOLO because he had something bigger in mind. Jesus was doing something cosmic and larger than this life. He died on the cross, yes. But a dead Jesus would be ineffective to save us. He rose again the third day to bring us to life too. He stole the keys of death so we could have the key to life.

This is why I want to flip the idea of YOLO around. I don't want to believe that we don't know how much time we have left on this earth, so we need to give this life all we got. I would like to say that we do know how much time we have - eternity with our risen Savior - so we should give it all we got. We will be spending all of eternity with Jesus, starting now. I don't know about you, but I want to spend it in total gratitude for what he has done for me and for you. I want to be pleasing him every day. I want to be telling everyone else about what he did instead of settling for YOLO. YOLO is a poor substitute for the resurrection power of Jesus. I want to live every day with Jesus in mind, not YOLO.