Desperate for Change

Are you desperate? Should we be desperate?

Right now I feel desperate for Jesus. I need him to fulfill my every need. So many times I'm looking everywhere else...instead of looking unto The ONE who knows what I need and wants to fulfill it. There are so many trials and worries. Life can be so busy, yet seem so meaningless. That's why we must be desperate for Jesus.

I also need change. Wow...that's sure been a buzzword lately. You know so much of the time I feel that I put band-aids on my problems and then the band-aid looses its stickiness and it falls off, allowing the problem to resurface. Isn't this a common problem? But I need real change. The kind of change that fills me with Jesus and turns the focus onto Him and away from me. How can this really happen though? Remember I don't want another band-aid moment. I want the problems to be rooted out of my life and to be replaced with more of Jesus.

Well, I can't do this. I just can't. I can't change myself and you can't change yourself. This can be frustrating right? We focus on our problems and before we know it we are filled with anger, bitterness, jealousy and all sorts of evil. I think that a big part of the issue here is that the focus is on ourselves instead of on God. If we are constantly thinking about ourselves then we are robbing ourselves of time that could be used to serve God and serve others, to love God and to love others. So lets get the right perspective. Let's stop going for the box of band-aids and lets go to the Surgeon's table and let Him do the operating. Prov. 3:5-6 talks about trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not leaning on your own understanding. So the next time you lean make sure your leaning on the right One and make sure your leaning completely on him.

That's all for now. May God work in our lives today to change us for His glory and may others see Jesus in us. And may we pray that we don't waste our lives, but rather that we live our lives leaning on God and trusting in Him with ALL our hearts.