Bishop Fulton Sheen Remastered

The All-Out Life: Wasting Yourself for God


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This talk offers a powerful antidote to the boredom and indifference that can settle into modern life, challenging the listener to live with total commitment and generosity. Bishop Sheen explains that a truly happy and energetic existence is not found in cautious self-preservation, but in "wasting" oneself for God and others. He argues that love is the engine of life, and without a great love to live for, we operate far below our true potential. This message is for anyone, young or old, who feels tired or uninspired and seeks to unlock a deeper level of purpose by giving themselves completely to a cause greater than themselves.

Drawing on his signature storytelling, Sheen illustrates this "all-out" principle with vivid examples. He recounts the story of King David, who, upon receiving precious water at great risk to his men, poured it out as an offering to God, teaching that things we "waste" for God are eternally remembered, while things we keep only for ourselves often spoil. This idea is powerfully reinforced by the woman who breaks her expensive alabaster jar of perfume over Christ's feet, giving everything at once in an act of extravagant love, rather than doling it out drop by drop. These stories serve as a model for a life lived not by calculation, but by total, unrestrained surrender to love.

Ultimately, Bishop Sheen connects this generous living to the power of faith. Using the story of Peter walking on the water, he explains that as long as Peter kept his eyes on Christ, he could do the impossible. The moment he looked away and began to calculate the danger of the winds and the waves, he began to sink. Sheen frames this as a timeless lesson: if we believe in the incredible, we can do the impossible. He concludes with a stirring call for his listeners to become "other Christs" in the world, so that their lives of joyful self-sacrifice might prove to a skeptical world that Jesus is truly God.

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