If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:31-32
Do you ever find yourself thinking that life is a choice: I can be good or I can have fun. We really believe that we are missing something if we follow Christ, that we are martyrs. This thinking comes from too much time in front of a television or walking the mall. The world does present itself as full of treasures and pleasures and if we taste of these and are not satisfied, we conclude we just need a bit more.
But this world never satisfies completely. We are hungry and food provides temporary relief. We thirst and a cool drink satisfies for a while. We can satisfy our desires and lusts, but only temporarily. That’s all the world can offer. And even completely full, we know we still are not fulfilled. C.S. Lewis said, “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
Created for a higher purpose, we will never find fulfillment in anything less. Jesus is what we need; anything else is only an image, a mirage of the fulfillment which rests in Him.
When we choose to follow Christ we’re not missing anything but Hell; we’re just skipping the mirages to reach the reality.
Got Jesus?
Nick
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