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YOLO, You Only Live Once, was trendy for a while and is still sort of catchy.  But it often takes on the characteristics of an “eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you die” type of thing.  Even worse, it has been modeled by some who are very visible in the media!

With the right perspective, YOLO can actually be a good thing.  It can be a framework for life in light of what is mentioned in Colossians 1:10:

  • That we might live a life worthy of the Lord;
  • That we might please the Lord in every way;
  • That we might bear fruit in every good work;
  • That we might grow in the knowledge of God.

However, if we fail to gain the right perspective on YOLO and buy into that “eat, drink and be merry” variety, we need to realize that God is not mocked, we will reap what we sow (Gal 6:7).

But perhaps the even greater warning is this:  YOLO needs to be seen in light of YODO, You Only Die Once.  God tells us what follows YODO, its judgment!  “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”  (2 Cor 5:10).

YOLO then should come with a warning.  If you live the wrong YOLO before YODO, you will reap what you sowed!  But YOLO lived in a way that honors God results in receiving the good that is due us!

And remember, you don’t get any “do overs”!


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