I was wrestling with the kids, when Isaac grabbed a duster that has a long metal handle, and hit me with it. In my attempts to not get hurt, I covered my face with my hands. So I have an aching head and very swollen ring finger. He was disciplined, but we had a good night other than that!
So, I'm typing (trying to) with one hand.
Anyways, I want to talk about identity in Christ
We as humans are materialistic, selfish, and self-seeking. We think that if we have a good job, nice car, and an extravagant home, we will be happy.
No.
Happiness is an emotion. JOY is "a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated." We find Joy in the Word. We find delight in the Lord, and only Him. We will never be truly "happy" on earth. We can try to pursue money, but that isn't the source of real joy. Stuff can't quench our desire for something more, for joy.
Only a relaionship with God, and a joy, delight, and hunger for His Son, will quench our hunger and thirst for "something more".
Look to the Cross. True sacrifice, humility. There is joy in His death, there is a saving grace, there is a relationship so personal, so deep, so fufilling, that only God could supply it. This world will never be able to provide the kind of identity that we, as followers of Christ, find in Him.
Seek Him, I promise He will reveal Himself to you. He will show you His majesty. Pray. Delight yourself in Him, and in the things that He delights in. I promise, your reward will not only be eternal life through a Savior who gave it all, but it will be a fufillment on Earth, that nothing on Earth can provide.
He costs everything, He is worth the cost.
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