A reminder for
today
You won't spend
the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do
the will of God. (1 Peter 4:2)
This month our movie of the month is “The Shack”. If you
haven’t seen it yet I recommend this one. It is a fictional story, but the core
of it is God’s love that is questioned by the main character throughout his
encounters with God. It is a remarkable story and it will leave you bursting with
tears and shaking with laughter. It will change your view on so many struggles
we all have and it will give you a very good idea of God’s love. Many don’t
like it, but if you desire a deeper relationship with God and you spend a lot of
time with Him, you will love this movie. We loved it and I tell you I was moved
by it. “The Shack” is now one of my favourites.
I must tell you that a large part of my life was spend
chasing my own desires and my own needs. I loved money and that made me an
exceptional sales person. The more time we feed our worldly needs the lesser
God is part of us. And then one day you wake up and you realise that if you
continue on this path, it will surely lead to self-destruction. The journey
back is probably the hardest one you will ever have and I still struggle with
my worldly self, because it is so easy to fall back into old habits. Paul wrote
in Romans 7: I love God's law with all my heart. But there is another
power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the
sin that is still within me.
So, I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then
you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants
to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit
gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These
two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out
your good intentions. (Galatians 5)
Luckily, we do not have to fight this battle on our own. Jesus
knows exactly what we are going through and He will give us the strength to
overcome. It comes down to a moment where you realise that you are doing you
more damage and that you have to remove you from the equation. It is in this understanding
of trust that you give in and you submit humbly to God and allow the Holy
Spirit to do its work. It is the beginning of an awesome relationship, because you
know you are not in control anymore and you follow without all those self-ideas
you had. Suddenly you do not want to spend the rest of your life chasing your
own desires, but you become anxious to do the will of God.
Jesus, you are my all and I am lost without you.
Lord, we humbly submit to you and we give you our lives. Let
us run and not grow weary. Let us fight knowing you are our hope and revival. In
Jesus name.
Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers