Here is a great post from Dustin Neeley on exchanging our worldly affections for greater intimacy with Christ. It encouraged me...I hope it encourages you as well.
I can't tell you how often I have settled for less than God's best for my life. Everyday I am confronted with the choice of serving Christ or my sinful nature. Daily I have to choose to crucify my selfish wants and desires. What amazes me the most is that after all these years it is still difficult. One might think that after 14 years of "tasting and seeing that the Lord is Good," I would have ceased looking for fulfillment in other places.
Lord, help me always to remember how good You are to me, and how much better your purposes are for me, than those things I would in my foolishness pursue instead.
I can't tell you how often I have settled for less than God's best for my life. Everyday I am confronted with the choice of serving Christ or my sinful nature. Daily I have to choose to crucify my selfish wants and desires. What amazes me the most is that after all these years it is still difficult. One might think that after 14 years of "tasting and seeing that the Lord is Good," I would have ceased looking for fulfillment in other places.
ReplyDeleteLord, help me always to remember how good You are to me, and how much better your purposes are for me, than those things I would in my foolishness pursue instead.