good life vs. Good life.

While writing my paper, and leaving my itunes playlist running down Audio Adrenaline, something caught my ears.

....this is the good life... 

It instantly reminded me of Kanye's version of "Good Life"

And then it hit me, the differences between the "good life" of a Christian and a Heathen (for lack of better words). Before I go any further, here are the choruses for both:

Audio Adrenaline:

This is the good life
I've lost everything
I could ever want
And ever dream of
This is the good life
I found everything
I could ever need
Here in Your arms

Kanye:

Now I, I go for mine, I got to shine
Now throw your hands up in the sky
Now I, I go for mine, I got to shine
Now throw your hands up in the sky
I'ma get on this TV mama
I'ma, I'ma put s*%t down
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, I'm good

And those are only the choruses.

Only a blind fool wouldn't be able to tell the difference between these songs. While listening to it on repeat, I got goosebumps. I was so encouraged by their lyrics (AA's of course) that I had to stop writing my paper and smile. And my roommate came in and started singing along, and my smile just got bigger.

To put it plainly, we as Christians need to realize the "Good life" that we live for is different from the "good life" in which the world lives for. We lose everything, while they go for everything. All we ever need and want is God, all they want is to get on TV. This reminded me of what it means to live for God and keep my eyes focused.

Now to relate it a bit to me, just recently, it's been hard to keep my eyes focused on what I need to do. But God has been constantly reminding me. Talking to Christine, she told me this (I hope this can be as much of an encouragement to those reading as it was to me):

een x3: you can either choose to be frustrated with it and KEEP FOCUSING on what not to do

een x3: or you can choose to focus on WHAT YOU SHOULD do--and that's LOVING God with ALL of your heart

And with that said, that started me off on days of just meditating on what I need to do. My ambitious plans versus His. Kanye would say "I go for mine," for me, I'll go with God's.

This is starting to get all jumbled up and random, since I'm just writing down what I'm thinking. Audio Adrenaline puts it well into perspective what we need to have a "Good Life."

the Bible puts it even better:

³⁶What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? -Mark 8:36

This is the Good life.