Is this the way it was supposed to be? Or are we here for something more? Pain is a reality. However, we don't like to feel it. Suffering is all around us, but we don't want it to have a part in our lives. Yet this is not the way it was supposed to be.
In Romans, Paul says that he counts his sufferings not worthy to be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us!* Can we too, endure suffering, hardship and pain? Instead of trying to get reality and God out of our lives, can we not call out to our loving Father who will help us endure all the hardships we face? If HE is truly in our lives, will HE not give us a song through the trial? If we are humble, will He not give us the grace through the thorns?
He is able to satisfy our needs, why do we need to escape them? We are to count it joy when we face trials and temptations of many kinds. Can we not face them with HIM by our side? Filled with His Holy Spirit?
Why is it, that we so easily run to our comforts? Are we truly trying to please Him and glorify Him in everything?
We can only find our satisfaction in HIM. Even though we may turn to books, movies, and other pleasures, they will never satisfy. Only He can satisfy. Why do we not turn to Him?
Even though we may go to church and know the right doctrine like the back of our hand, that does not help us to live a Holy Life for Him. If we live by the flesh and go to church on Sundays, tell me how that would make us different from anyone else. It wouldn't make us any different from anyone in the world. We simply have our ears tickled, thinking we are on our way to heaven.
Every day we get up, eat, go to work (or school), eat, work some more, eat, and go to bed. On Sundays, we may go to church, but the rest of our week is a routine. Where is the point in our lives? Perhaps we don't even have any points to our lives. Are we just living to eat, sleep, and have fun? No, we are created for so much more!
There is, in fact, a way out of this. However, many do not want to find out about this life, few there will be to find this way. It is different, it is difficult, it is dangerous. Nevertheless, it brings the most joy to your life. It is a joy that is not goosh.
"My life has meaning only when I glorify God." {Joni E. T}
Put away your books, movies, and pleasures for a moment, talk with your Father. He longs to hear your voice. Talk with Him often. Prayer is the core of my day. Without it, my day will fall apart - crumble - break. If I do not speak with the Love of my soul every day, and learn to make Him the ONLY one in my life, my life is not worth living. If I do not glorify Him in what I do, nothing seems right. Like I have said, many a time before:
He is my everything.
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