It was most definitely a full weekend, Father, but thank you for sweet times of fellowship – both with my family and my church family as well! I am blessed!
2 Timothy 4:10 (<<click here to read the passage)
Reading this verse, Lord, shows that humanity is still humanity. Demas left Paul (and You) for the world. Two thousand years later, we are drawn to this world’s enticements. King Solomon, almost a thousand years before Paul, used words translated as “meaningless,” “vanity,” “futility,” and “pointless” to describe those enticements. And, Lord, that is not a good trade – not at all. Empty for full? Shallow for deep? Poor for rich? Fantasy for reality? Death for life? You offer us everything, and instead, we run after nothing! Eternal total satisfaction is swapped out for fleeting, unsatisfying emptiness!
Sin, when it comes right down to it, is a promise of anything we could ever want, and initially, there may be a very short-lived fulfillment…but it’s never enough. We selfishly pursue what we want – wealth, power, pleasure, etc., etc. – and realize, too late, that it all leads to emptiness.
Jesus, You are the real deal. You give life. You fulfill our innermost desires. You are truth. The world pulls at me, too, Lord, but what I need is You! Anything less than You is meaningless – fill my life with meaningful!
(Jan 5th, 2016, Tues, 7:29 am)
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