Sunday, September 5, 2010

Your Hands Can't Handle the Sacrifice

Do you know the plans God has for your life? Jeremiah 29:11 says that God's plans are to prosper you, to give you hope and a future. How many of us truly seek after God's plan for us? Do we spend time asking God what He has for us? I believe we get so caught up in daily life and trying to figure out what we want to do, we forget that God has already paved a beautiful road full of grace and excitement. I wonder how many Daniels and Isaiah's, Davids and Samuel's have been lost in the corporate world. How many have been sucked into the money making scheme of get more and more. It is almost heartbreaking. So many people not living to their full potential. Romans 11:29 says God's calling and gifts are irrevocable. They remain. God remains and is constant so His will is constant. We try so hard to fill a void we created with the busyness of the world. We study, work, go to school, go to church, do some volunteer work, decide on a career, study and work more, go into our career, have families, etc. I am not saying any of this is bad, but have you ever wondered why sex is so prominent on television? Why alcoholism is on the rise? Why so many young people take their own lives every year? They're missing something! God has called each of us to Him, and we see so many people, even Christians, trying to be satisfied with the sloppiness and mediocre physical pleasures. The truth is, deep down they know they've left their first love. The One who created every cell of their body with extreme love and care.

When we aren't living what we were created to do, there is a void and so many seek to quench their thirst with sex, drugs, alcohol, and relationships with others. The truth is, none of that helps, it makes the void turn into pain. Now it's a double whammy. As lovers of Christ we need to be seeking after the truth of who we are and who we were created to be. That is the only true option we have. Don't conform to the world and take your life in your own hands, your hands can't handle the sacrifice. Put your life in the hands that are scarred, the hands that paid the price for you to live a life more abundant. To live a life of purpose and love.

-Mary

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