September 5, 2006
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Random thought
Sometimes, when I am unable to think coherently on my own, I can find inspiration elsewhere in other people’s words. The following is a response to someone else’s thoughts.
I strongly believe that people are more similar than they are different. Everyone yearns. Although the object of what we desire may manifest differently, I believe we all want the same things: Acceptance, Love, and to a lesser extent, Beauty. I think some people may pervert the desire for acceptance into a desire for power, respect, sex, and money… but those things are all rooted in a need to be accepted and loved and approved of. (Power and respect can be further broken down into such things as knowledge, reputation, dream jobs/bustling careers, fancy cars, expensive homes, perfect families, and more)
I think about how the Bible says that all have fallen short of the glory of God, and I know in context it is talking about something else. But there are so many other ways to read it and read it as truth. We have fallen short. We have fallen out. We are far from Him, whom we need. We do not only need a Saviour, but we need a Father who loves us, accepts us, and approve of us. There are those who would run away from such love, convinced by a lie that He does not exist. Then, there are those who would ignore such love, convinced by a lie that His love is not enough for us… and thusly they are in desperate need of companionship, a lover, a help-meet. And then there are those who just don’t know the depth of His love, not because they do not believe in Him, nor because they are unconvinced that He is sufficient, but because they simply have not sought out the depths of His love. The pursuit has not been persistant. It is not because they do not believe God is able, but it is because they are unhappy with the timetable in which God will respond to their pursuit. This is where I find myself. I believe with all my heart that my God is enough for me. But I have selfishly looked to temporary, counterfeit sources of acceptance, love and beauty, solely because I was too impatient to seek Him out and wait for the results.
I need Jesus.
And i need to repent of being so impatient with my God, that I would try to make Him work in my timetable.
Maybe if we all started pursuing Jesus with the same tenacity that we pursue our women, money, and careers, we would all be in a very different place.
Comments (3)
Yeah our church had a conference recently. The speaker asked us, “How big is your faith? How big is your God?” God should be so big that everything else would be small. An indication of how big God is in our lives is our worry list. If our worry list is big, that means God is small in our lives.
That blew me away.
I can’t tell whether or not you were being sarcastic with me.
Thank you for your wonderful comment. That was probably one of the most heartfelt one I received =) I see you stopped by my neck of the woods in DC! Hope you had fun and saw everything this city had to offer. Thanks again… oh and btw… I also spent what seemed an eternity at The Voyage of Life exhibit. Captures you like nothing else…..
-n