Cast your mind back to 2005. The year of the Crazy Frog, footballing heroics in Istanbul and this indie banger from Hard-Fi – Living for the Weekend.
Pre-teen me may have not understood half the things this song was talking about, but I loved this tune, and I would proudly belt out the chorus of "LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND, LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND, I'M LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND" with my headphones plugged into my brand new shiny portable CD player (wow I feel old).
11 years on, this catchy refrain rings so true for our generation. We struggle our way through hours of reading and lectures, or the mundane of 9-5, motivated by the promise of the utopian weekend.
But is there any value in living for the weekend? In thanking God it’s Friday?
It may not be the weekend you are living for. It could be money, sex, a good job, love, the approval of your family, the list goes on and on.
Whatever the thing, or things, you are living for is – let me ask you one question, courtesy of Leonard Ravenhill.
“Are the things you are living for, worth Christ dying for?”
In choosing death, and sacrificing his life and his entire connection to God, Jesus placed infinite value on your life and died so that you may know forgiveness and freedom. And even more than that, he brings you fulfilment.
Living for the weekend may be fun, but does it truly bring you fullness?
Jesus came to earth and died to bring us fullness of life, to know that in living for him we are forgiven, free and fulfilled and to give our lives an eternal and secure purpose that goes beyond the emptiness of the weekend.
As yet another long-awaited weekend comes around, take a minute to consider this simple question.
“Are the things you are living for, worth Christ dying for?”
