Lately, how is your devotion to Christ? Are you craving for attention? Are you seeking the approval of men rather than of God? Have you seen your own bitterness and incompetency of running your life on your own? You know your heart! You desire something but you do not get it.
Have you taken your moments in silence to ask yourselves some of the deepest questions that needs to be answered: What is your life? What is it worth? Do I even have the purpose to be living day after day? Will any amount of pleasures or praises truly satisfy me? Why should I even struggle and beat my body to slave and work for money? Why am I wasting my time watching videos on social media that adds no value to my life? Why am I depriving myself sleep, my eyes and my body? And why am I not devoting myself to Christ enough?
What battles have I even won lately? What fight have I gone up against? What sacrifices have I embarked on lately? What goals have I achieved? What difference would I want to see in my personal life? What steps should I take to become a godly person? A man who loves Christ and desires to be with Christ at all times. Is there such a desire that do not wane with time? Do I possess this confidence of desiring to depart and be with Christ rather than to fight against lust and the desires of this world. Have I bowed my head in prayer and in silence to think of God’s mercy and grace? Have I resonated with the sufferings of the Christians and the humans under the sovereign hands of God? Will I ever come to a place of total surrender from the sins that easily entangles and the deception of beauty and pleasures?
My soul yearns for something more than the fleeting pleasures of this world. There is a craving for eternity within our hearts. Christ promises eternity for those who will trust in Him (John 3:36). Life is not to be taken for granted. It is a gift. Every breath that we inhale is a gift and the giver is generous enough to lend us for a time. The beauty of colors, the smell of nature, the taste of good food and the pleasures of touch, laughter mixed with tears of sadness and sorrow; all combined in this four letter called “LIFE.” It’s stunning yet fearful because we don’t just live to enjoy it, we are responsible for our every action here on earth. We are not animals. We are moral beings. The moment we begin to understand right from wrong (age of accountability), the God of the Universe starts to examine our ways. In that sense, we are free creatures but not free to do anything we want. In this fallen nature of our beings, we possess a heinous mindset that desires the forbidden fruit. Humans go to the extent of harming a person to the highest degree to get what they want (killing or murder). But God will call everyone to judgment for their misdeeds or behavior.
The character of God is perplexing for modern people. How could a loving God judge me for my lustful desire or for my envious character? Is He not unfair? God is always put on the dock for His Holy character and He cannot be found guilty at any time. The problem is with our sinful hearts that has deceived us into believing that humans are good. But humans have to realize that there is a deadly creature inside each of us waiting to devour and kill us if we do not surrender that animal to Christ.
In an age of social media and the continuous flickering of light from our electronic gadgets, we are vulnerable to search for approval from inanimate system that can neither reciprocate or respond to our longings for the ultimate satisfaction. As clichés as it might sound, we are spiritual beings and we need a love that surpasses human conscious love. We need divine love that can fill our hearts to its brim.
Maybe we are wasting too much time criticizing one another. Maybe we are too judgmental and not seeing the whole picture of God’s power and glory. Why so much bickering and hate in this world? We need to see that in our stance for what we might call, TRUTH, may we not neglect the art of true love and compassion to our fellow humans. Mercy triumphs over judgment (James 2:13). I might as well interpose with the idea that we all want to be known. And we are making ourselves busy to do something and to be something. But are we really doing the things God wants us to do? In the words of Leonard Ravenhill, “we are all busy, busy doing nothing.” We need to sit in silence and examine our hearts: are we doing it for Christ? Are we doing it to fill our emptiness? Are we doing it for fun and pleasure? Are we seeking attention to feel better? What are we doing it for? The motive behind what we do matters the most.
