"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Today our pastor preached a message from this passage. I've tried to think on that verse this afternoon and really understand what the Lord is trying to teach me. Our pastor asked the question...what is your biggest need right now in 2009? That need could be a physical need...maybe healing from cancer or sickness or financial woes...it could be an emotional need...maybe a broken heart or stress...or it could be a spiritual need...maybe you need Jesus in your heart or you may have a burden so heavy that you cannot seem to bare it anymore.
My very first thought was that I truly need the amazing Presence of God. That's the only way I'll be a different person, right? He also made a comment which I'm not sure had anything to do with his message (I could be wrong because Emma was doing her 4 yr. old thing beside me...very distracting). He said in a round about way...if you pursue something and make something your focus, you will eventually achieve it. Now, I don't think you can pursue Christ so much that you will be just like Him, but it got me to thinking....What is my focus? is it Christ? or is it me?
I've been so totally consumed with myself for so long, I've become desensitized to it. I can always rationalize how I handle a situation or how I deserve to feel the way I do about a circumstance. I LONG to have Him as my focus. I can't really afford anything less.
Lord, please help me to be the child of Yours that I need to be. You are the only thing in my life that is a certainty. Help me to see You in every blessing and trial. May You be glorified in my life. Thank You for loving me anyway.
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