So I've been trying to write a new post for about a week now...but somehow this thought struck me today and changed the whole focus of the post so here we go.
I was pondering the question "Does God satisfy us?" earlier. But really, that is not even the question. The question should be "If we had everything taken from us, our families, our friends, our work, our ministries, would we say 'God is all we need' and mean it? Would we be okay with God and only God if it came down to it?
I am completely in love with my Savior but alas, I still find myself filled with distractions. It's not that they're bad distractions but they take away from me finding who I am only in Jesus.
Friends are so amazing and talking to them and having them there to bask in Jesus' greatness with me is such a blessing but when I post a picture on instagram and then am constantly checking to see who's liked it is a tad obsessive.. What's it matter if so and so liked the picture or liked the status?
A lot of girls struggle with what people think of them. I am definitely one of those girls. My goal in life should not be that everyone likes me.
If Jesus is my main example for how I should live then what am I doing? Why am I so focused on what others think and say about me?
I actually finished up with my little second graders early last night and had the privilege to join the middle school girl's class. Some of the points talked about were things that you feel that you can't live without. Me being the little Jesus freak girl that I am says Jesus. There is absolutely no way I could live without Jesus.
And this is true. But something interesting that I read yesterday was talking about spiritual gluttony. Which really caught my attention. Basically, when I go to church, I get filled with Jesus; when I'm in my car, I have these crazy awesome worship jam sessions and I get filled with Jesus; I study my Bible or read amazing Christian books that show God's crazy wonders and I pray and I get filled with Jesus...but what happens when you're doing all of that and then not using that fire that Jesus has ignited your heart with to show who He is? We are the hands and feet of Jesus! But we sure don't act like it a lot of the time.
I love sleep, food, and social media. Oh and missionary blogs. But when it's 11 at night and I've been busy all day and I come into my room and crawl into bed and all I want to do is sleep, shouldn't I still take a couple minutes to reflect on the day and thank Jesus for everything He did for me? Or if I'm emotionally exhausted and I feel like just going to sleep and forgetting my troubles momentarily, shouldn't I come to Jesus, the healer and protector of my very soul?!
The things we love, the things that frustrate us, the things that we talk about most, the things that capture our eye most quickly all show us what is most important to us. God doesn't want any competition. He's not supposed to be just above the rest of everything in our lives, He's supposed to be in the very center of everything in our lives to the point of everything we do, everything we think, everything we say is flowing out from Him.
When that happens, we will be out of our comfort zone, we will be tired, we will be hungry, we will feel empty at times but He fills us back up every single time!
I feel like this post was all over the place but you know....God is still good.
