Day to day battles with
oneself isn’t uncommon. Being a
Christian involves these continuous moments of surrender each day of our
lives. For us to remember that we are
nothing without God is important. It
doesn’t matter how beautiful or handsome you are, what kind of family you come
from, how cute your kids are, how tall and handsome your boyfriend is or how
beautiful your girlfriend looks. It
doesn’t matter if you’re single or married, white or black, American, Asian,
African or European, if you’ve gone to church all your life or you just started
a week ago, if you have ten talents or just one talent. God accepts us all the same. In His eyes, we are no different. To Him, we are all strangers wandering around
on a tiny planet called Earth and daily needing more of Him. We will never [EVER] become something of
worth to Him on our own. Because God
sent His very Own precious Son to die on the cross for the wicked and ungodly
deeds we have done, we have the ability to have a relationship with the Creator
of the Universe.
What bigger gift could
we ask for???
Instead of being
genuinely grateful for the greatest gift ever given to us, we walk around this
earth looking for something more we could have.
We wander around shopping malls looking for more stuff to fill our
houses and better clothes to reach a higher class in our church. Whether we realize it or not, we create an
unspoken pressure to become a ‘better’ person [in our human eyes, mind
you]. We’ve created an atmosphere of
jealousy and style that somehow makes us feel a little bit better than the
people God has placed around us. Is this
what the Christian life looks like to you?
It’s not about filling
up our time at youth activities, school events, parties, and a church service
once or twice a week! Our lives are to
be [living] [daily] relationships with God, [OUR MAKER]. You can’t get to know someone by spending
fifteen minutes a day with them. For us
to truly know God, we need to
continually talk to Him, read His Word, & worship Him to give Him the glory
He deserves! It’s easy to get caught up
in our day to day activities and find ourselves too tired to have our quiet
time before we go to bed. Sometimes we
set our alarm clocks to wake us up in just enough time to get us ready for work. Is that pursuing God? The truth of the matter is He already knows
us. We are the ones who need to know Him
more. The best thing is, it doesn’t
matter how much time we spend with Him, we will never fully know His greatness
and Who He is! Does that look a little
overwhelming?? That’s OK. He is
the greatest & if we could figure Him out, life would have no point. So keep pursuing!
My life is just a vapor
& to spend it for myself would be absolutely ridiculous. To surrender daily is hard, but for me to
wrestle for a short amount of time so I can overcome & spend eternity
praising God makes it worth it! My
challenge to you is daily surrender your
life to God. You will never [ever] regret it!
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