Why do we think a 2000 square foot home, a 2012 luxury car, the latest technology, or the latest and greatest clothing styles will make us happy and fulfilled? Life isn’t about being comfortable or having everything the exact way we want it. It’s about ministry. It’s about getting our hands dirty and our feet calloused from carrying the gospel to the utter most parts of the earth. Our heritage of faith lies in the laps of many followers of Christ that had no other closer friend than Jesus, and no consistent place to lay their precious heads until they reached heaven’s doors. Why do we think we are entitled to more than that? We are strangers and called aliens on this earth. We want more because we are made with that natural yearning. But the more that we want is not what we think it is. It’s not having more stuff, more money, more friends – NO, it’s about seeing that one more person come to Christ, it’s about giving one more dollar to a child that has no food or clean water to drink, it’s about giving one more minute or hour of our day to someone hurting and praying that God would supply their deepest need. And, it’s ultimately about wanting more than ever to reach our final resting place, our ultimate destination – Heaven! It’s about wanting more than anything else for the day to come quicker where we can see the precious face of Jesus and worship Him personally at his feet.
I want more than anything for my life to be focused on wanting more of the right things. As I’ve completed the last day of the Beth Moore, James study this morning I’m left wanting so much more. And, I’m excited that what I’m wanting more of, is not something of this world that will fade quickly, but it’s that I want more of Jesus. I want more than anything to be used for His glory, and to be an example, to even just one person, that Jesus is worthy of our lives.
