When I think of how long it took me to find God it makes me want to kick myself. To know this feeling of completeness, of true joy, of trust, of just knowing that no matter what comes my way that All Mighty God has my back, is to know what the true meaning of the word PEACE is.
I mean we all go through our trials, our aches and our deep pains of life and loss. But it really is different when you know God. When you finally come to the realization that he put on flesh, suffered beyond words, climbed willingly on a cross and died for you just because he loves you changes everything. Everything you think, feel, do and say. You want everyone you see to have the same feeling. You start thirsting to know all you can soak in about Him. You want to know him on a personal level. I have discovered that this is what we need to base our feelings of “true love” upon. We try to seek our true love through the flesh.
Spending all my time seeking tomorrow, I never worried or even paid attention to today. My security depended on my career, my insurance portfolio, my home, my financial portfolio, my significant other of the time. Never thinking about God, never believing or understanding that He was all I needed.
I chased the dream of the perfect relationship. If only I had the perfect man for me. He would save me from this dreary life. We would conquer the world. We would be the “love” that everyone wanted to have. I mean, isn’t this what we learn from fairy tales. That all we need to do is find our Prince and we will live happily ever after. Never did any fairy tale ever tell me to (Matthew 6:33-34) Seek the Kingdom of God above all else and he will give me everything I need. It doesn’t say He will give me the man I need, it says everything I need. Someone needs to write a fairy tale about that. Without God there are no princes or happily ever afters. Period.
We spend our lives worrying about tomorrow. Will I have enough money, will I ever find my prince, am I pretty enough, smart enough, and will I stay healthy. God says (Phil 4:6-8) Don’t worry about anything instead pray about everything, tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything you can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Fix your thoughts on what is true , and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think of things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Most of us only wish we learned as children what it means to focus on God’s word, to put it into practice. Exposure to God’s word is not enough. It must lead to obedience. He provides us with a book that if we followed it, if we just listen to Him, we would live peaceful, full lives. He supplied us with everything we need, we just as humans continue to try to do it our way, thinking that God may need our help.
God says (Jeremiah 29:11-13) I know the plans I have for you says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope. In those days you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly you will find me.
And I say when you find Him is when, and only then, your life will truly begin.
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