Surely not every moment?

I think I finally understand the problem today faced by most people. I think Dallas Willard was right when he said that we really don't think Jesus knew what he was talking about when it comes to this life. We see the Sermon on the Mount as an impossible list of commands. We think the smartest man who ever lived was Einstein, Bill Gates, not Jesus. We think of Him as the "Master" in the sense that were his slaves. We don't think of him as the "Master" in the sense that he's the best at what he does.

Our problem today I believe is certainly our take on how life should be lived. I think most people, even myself, have compartmentalized far too much. Our personal lives are separated from our public lives. Our brains our separt from our hearts. The gospel is good to deal with our coming death, but not our day to day existense. The time to hear God and experience God is Sunday...not every day...and surely not every moment.

Im beginning to think it was Jesus' direct purpose to give us All the abundant/eternal/the best kind of life right now. He wanted to show us how to do it. So he modeled it ...he taught about it...he lived it. Moment by moment...he "did what the Father was doing" ; He regularly escaped to be with the Father; He cared for the sick, poor, marginalized, unwanted, untouchable; He healed all kinds of wounds and sickness; He included people most wouldn't ; we could go on and on.

Yet I think when Jesus said, "if you love me; you'd obey me" we think of him as a tyrant of our lives. Even , subconsciously maybe, that "this can't be right". I thought we had freedom? I guess I'm entertaining the possibility that the God of the Universe...really really loves me. Not just a little. Enough to die for me. Enough to tell me the best way to enjoy life....on the off chance he really has my best in mind...could it be true. Could it be true that the abundant life could be expereinced everyday and not just Sunday?

I'm finding it increasingly interesting that Jesus, given the chance to talk to a crowd of people rarely, oh wait, NEVER made his coming death the main emphasis of his "ministry" or what I would call his normal everyday life. In his day to day life that we know of, his main priority was the "kingdom of God" which is available to...you guessed it...ALL PEOPLE. Man do I love that!
So then how does this mindset affect our every day..our every moment...is it possible i wonder?