Don't Waste yOur Life

Verse three to one of my favorite Lecrae beats includes the lines:

Stay focused if you ain't got no ride
Your life ain't wrapped up in what you drive,
The clothes you wear, the job you work
The color your skin, naw, you Christian first.
People get ta livin for a job, make a lil money start livin for a car
Get em a house, a wife, kids and a dog.
When they retire they livin high on the hog.
But guess what they didn't ever really live at all,
To live is Christ, and that's Paul I recall
To die is gain so for Christ we give it all,
He's the treasure you'll never find in a mall.
Your money, your singleness, marriage, talent your time
they were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is divine.
That's why it's Christ in my rhymes, that's why it's Christ all the time!
My whole world is built around him He's the life in my lines.
I refuse to waste my life he's too true ta chase that ice
Here's my gifts and time cause I'm constantly trying to be used to praise the Christ.
If he's truly raised to life then this news should change your life
and by His grace you can put your faith in a place that rules your days and nights.

So I'm kind of in that spot he speaks of: fresh out of college, got a solid job, feels like my life right now is all work. I really want a new car, for purely selfish reasons, and thoughts of a wife, house, and kids come to mind frequently. I've got the dog already.

When I graduated, I was ready to live a different kind of life where I didn't pursue the typical American dream lifestyle because I think that's bogus. Not that any of those things are bad in and of themselves, but I don't want my life to be that. I want it to be Christ first, and people and relationships next. But I already sense myself slipping into that trap and I want to get out before I get into too deep a hole. For most of my life, I've kind of had the impression that things like personal mission statements and vision didn't really mesh with Christianity. But a close friend helped me see them in a different light. So I thought out and wrote my own mission statement and am thinking about what to include in a vision for how I want my life to look like. Thing is, I'm not really holding tight to that and I need to. Guess it'll take a lot of intentionality, which is tough. But Christ promised that following Him would be tough. And for some reason I don't want believe that most of the time, but feel like being a Christian should be a cakewalk somehow. But I'll not go into all that now.

Anyway, I really didn't intend to write all that. What I meant to write was the lyrics and the very first little bit and say that even though I don't want my life to be that way, I'm having fun window shopping for cars. Like these:

As a young single guy, the Monte Carlo SS looks fun, but do I like blue or maybe orange with Lambo doors?

I feel like as a man I should have a Chevy Silverado. Or maybe a Dodge Ram.

I'd love to have another Z34

And not really a realistic option, but basically a 4-Door corvette might be sweet.