Jesus Is All That We Need

We travel in this world...roaming around wondering why we are here, trying to make sense of the nonsense that we call life. We wonder what our purpose is, what we are to spend our time doing, who we should spend our time with. We stumble, we fall, and we get back up again. We try to create ourselves, recreate ourselves, figure ourselves out, pretend we are someone else.

When we finally reach the end of ourselves we know that it was all for naught. Only Jesus can create, only Jesus can recreate, only Jesus can give us purpose, only Jesus can reveal who we are.

Psalm 119: 171-176

My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes.
My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight.
Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

We are created to Crave Jesus...to magnify and extol His name. To glorify Him, honor Him in all that we do, share who He is and live to know Him.

It's when we lose sight of our purpose, our calling that we run to people, to material possessions,to substance, to extracurricular activities and to unhealthy lifestyles.

We are made to know Jesus, made to become like Jesus, made to love like Jesus, made to be content with and desire Jesus.

He is all that we need.

Addictions traded for my Desire for God

The Lord is showing me more and more how I continue to replace one addiction with another and how easily it gets me off track and moves me further from the Lord. These addictions cause me to have feelings of hopelessness even when He is the giver of Hope. I lose my focus and become focus on the shiny things that draw my attention away from the one that I love more than life itself.

I believe that Genesis speaks to why these cravings and addictions occur. Genesis 3:16 "To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth, in pain you shall bring forth children: Yet your desire shall be for your husbandk, and he shall rule over you."

So the Lord created us to desire Him and be in relationship with Him. But Eve, in her human flesh, decided she could do things better. So, instead of following the Lord's guidance to not eat from the tree of good and evil, she did. This small thing didn't just affect her, it altered the history of mankind.

Instead of putting her effort into what she was created for, she was sidetracked and her desire for God turned into an addiction for power, wisdom and meeting the needs of her flesh.

Lord, I ask that you would save me from this continuous cycle that I have been in for the last 30 years. I just want you!! I want to desire you above all things and crave you instead of the things of this World. Lord change me, make me and mold me. I am yours. Yet he gave me an addiction that I keep laying down to rest because the other addictions appeal to the flesh of soul. The addiction of song. I'm addicted to singing to Him, for Him from Him and ministering for Him. Lord keep me focused on your desire for me and help me keep my focus off of my fleshly desires.

The Lord Spoke to me Today

The Lord spoke to me today....it wasn't anything big, or maybe it was. Simply...quit doing in your own power. Where do you think your power comes from to begin with? Stop...let me carry you and trust that I know your needs, desires and path so much better than you. Don't rush by me in the morning so that you can get to your mountain of "to do's". Stop, get on your face, cry out to me and I will take care of the do"s. As long as you rush past me...you will be in a turmoil and it will never end. Look to me...surrender to me....I will bring you into the promises that I have given you and give you the desires of your heart. Love Jesus

I know the plans I have for you...for good and not for evil.