How often do you hear "I want the real thing". Whether it is butter or margin, Pepsi vs. diet Pepsi, sugar or artificial sweetener, fresh flowers vs dry flowers, caffeine vs decaf. Almost all food or beverags these days have a "lite version", from potato chips, whipped cream, maple syrup, soda and beer. An ad campaign has said "tastes great..less filling."
Many people have ( and yes includes me), kind of taken on that attitude of " i want the real thing, yet dont want to do all thenwork for it, sometimes without even realizing it and have applied it to our faith. We want blessings, but without obedience. We want comfort without sacrifice and Happiness but without repentance. So basically we have decaffeinated and diluted the message from God so much that we don't get the entire effect on our lives or the lives of others. We at times will,just take a portion of the Bible verse, just the part we feel we can apply to our lives. We may abide by a few of the 10 commandments, yet leave a couple of the harder ones out...we all have excuses.
The more I immerse myself with reading and praying and staying connected and truly letting go and letting God...I am able to see and feel God touching me , encouraging me, and showing me the path He wants me to follow . I know I'm not there, yet I do know that I am closer than I was yesterday or the day before. Jesus doesn't want our normal, selfish, sinful life to get just a little better.....He wants to radically transform life as we know it. He wants to cover us with His loving grace, and to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
I continue to do my best at not being so fearful, rather to be more and more faithful. I continue to make a gratitude list daily, even if I dont write them done, I make a mental list. I know and realize when a situation has knocked me to my knees, I'm in the perfect position to pray. I continue to find His beauty as I look around....& I have learned to turn the noise down and the quiet up... And talk with Him, not just to Him. I continue to desire to know His word and to strengthen my relationship with Him. Only because of His everlasting unconditional love, His forgiveness and kindness I am able to find and know "The REAL THING"..... To know the real Jesus, the real meaning, the real hope and a life where I will really live.
And all this is because of His AMAZING GRACE.....
The more I immerse myself with reading and praying and staying connected and truly letting go and letting God...I am able to see and feel God touching me , encouraging me, and showing me the path He wants me to follow . I know I'm not there, yet I do know that I am closer than I was yesterday or the day before. Jesus doesn't want our normal, selfish, sinful life to get just a little better.....He wants to radically transform life as we know it. He wants to cover us with His loving grace, and to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
I continue to do my best at not being so fearful, rather to be more and more faithful. I continue to make a gratitude list daily, even if I dont write them done, I make a mental list. I know and realize when a situation has knocked me to my knees, I'm in the perfect position to pray. I continue to find His beauty as I look around....& I have learned to turn the noise down and the quiet up... And talk with Him, not just to Him. I continue to desire to know His word and to strengthen my relationship with Him. Only because of His everlasting unconditional love, His forgiveness and kindness I am able to find and know "The REAL THING"..... To know the real Jesus, the real meaning, the real hope and a life where I will really live.
And all this is because of His AMAZING GRACE.....
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