I see so many people pitching so many things from weight loss to making money that it isn’t even funny but I don’t hear many of them talk about God much. They preach that money will change your life or losing all that weight will change your life but in reality only God can change your life because he changes your heart. On the outside, it is only temporary but on the inside is where life change happens!
I have to confess, I have been around direct sales for years so it isn’t that I am against people losing weight or making money through a business as I believe this helps people but without God in your life nothing really matters.
You can make all the money in the world, you can become a size 2 but without God your heart will still be empty. You can pursue everything in this life but at the end of this life, you will feel like something has always been missing.
Do you feel this way right now? Do you feel as though you are missing something in your life? Most people who feel this way turn to drinking or drugs or sex to fulfill this need but the need gets stronger when you turn to these outside sources. It can never be fulfilled from outside sources. The only true source is in Jesus Christ. Through his blood you can live a fulfilled life.
Are you going to just exist or are you ready to finally surrender completely to Christ so that you can be fulfilled? See I would rather do life completely with God and lose everything than to gain the whole world without him.
I have been there in my past. One of the lowest points in my life is before my wife and I married. I went through a spell where I met many women online and then had sex with them. The more I did that the emptier I felt. As many bad things as I have done in my life, I believe that was my lowest point.
There is something to having empty sex with people. It breaks you down to nothing. Yes you may think you are happy while doing it but deep down not only do you know it is wrong but you feel so empty.
All of my past I was on and off with God. I never really completely surrendered to God because I felt like I was too good for that or I couldn’t do it. Those of you that have been there, you know what I am talking about. That fake happiness that is in you even though you are as empty as you can be. The world thinks you are a happy person but deep down you struggle because you feel so empty.
Don’t go through life being like that. God is ready to change you. There is nothing in this world that will fill that empty spot except for a life filled with Christ. I am not talking about a half-hearted Christ-life where only half of your heart is in it. I am talking about your whole heart in Christ.I mean once and for all finally fully surrendering to Christ!
Believe me after years of trying to serve God half-heartedly, I finally came to realize that it is not the way to go. You will feel just as empty. In fact you may feel even more empty because now you are serving God and still living the same old life. When you fully come to Christ you are supposed to be made new. God doesn’t make you new when you are still living in your past.
If you are going to truly get beyond your past, you have to be willing to forgive yourself. Yes you may be like me where you have done so many stupid things but it is time to forgive yourself too. Holding on to resentment of your past will hold you back from all God has for you. As long as you believe that you are still that person, you will never truly change. You have to be willing to once and for all give everything over to God!
Are you ready to finally find that joy within your heart? Are you ready to give your all to God? Then ask God to come back into your life. Ask him to help guide you where he wants you to go. Ask him to give you the courage to live a life dedicated 100% to him. Ask him to forgive all of your sins and name them personally! Let him know that you are 100% surrendering to him right now. From this day you will serve him!
Be Inspired or Be Left behind!
Chris Benton