Blessed Hobby or Blessed Hope?

I love to bike. I love to read about it, write about it, watch videos on it, and most of all... do it. I absolutely love to get out on the road with a big group ride and just fly like the wind. I love to climb a rocky trail in the woods and see the city off the distance before descending down the other side with reckless abandon. I love it!

Biking is my hobby. In order to pursue biking (insert your hobby here) I will....
Pay membership dues in the local club.
Buy the right stuff to "look" the part.
Join the Facebook group.
Take time off work.
Take time away from my family.

Because biking is only a hobby (insert your hobby here) I will not....
Do it every day.
Require my family to join me.
Quit my job over it.
Risk my life for it.

I love being a Christ follower. I love to read about it, write about it, watch videos on it, and most of all... do it. I absolutely love to get out in front of a big group and lead worship. I love to talk to a group of students about how the Bible can change their lives. I love it!

Christianity is my hobby. In order to pursue Christ I will....
Pay membership dues in the local club.
Buy the right stuff to "look" the part.
Join the Facebook group.
Take time off work.
Take time away from my family.

Because Christianity is only a hobby I will not....
Live it every day.
Require my family to join me.
Quit my job over it.
Risk my life for it.


In Titus 2:13 Paul says the church is waiting for its "blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our God and Savior Jesus Christ." And in 1 John 3:3 John writes, "Everyone who has this hope in him." What is the hope? The hope is the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, of our seeing him as he is and of our being like him. The consummation of God’s redemption will take place at that moment when Jesus Christ comes again.

Is Christ your blessed hobby or your blessed hope?