hey guys! it's been a while and i think it's a great time to start blogging again. the first month of 2012 has indeed been memorable. i believe God has His own way of teaching me stuff. sometimes in an endearing manner and sometimes in a not so endearing manner. i call that discipline! (awesome)
for the past few days, God has been doing a great job of getting my attention towards the things i wasn't doing right. like the way i've been trying to 'substitute' Him. i didn't realize what i was doing wrong until i experienced a complete emotional downfall a few days ago. i guess it was God's way of telling me i'm not where i should be and that i wasn't doing what i was suppose to.
i believe God made us to not only worship Him but to enjoy Him as well. and when i say 'enjoy' i don't mean like how you would enjoy a meatball sub or a rousing game of team fortress where the joy's only for the moment. enjoying God means enjoying His presence in our daily lives. you can only truly enjoy God when you acknowledge Him and reside in Him in everything you do. but that's not what i'm gonna be blogging about today. oh well, food for thought.
Psalm 127:1 says "unless the Lord builds the house, it's builders labor in vain. unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain". this amazing piece of scripture reminds me of a very important principle in one's life- if it ain't God, it's in vain. 1 Corinthians 3:11 tells us of how no other foundation can be laid other than Christ Himself. in my previous article i talked about how God made us in such a way that we are destined to be one with Him. and until we achieve that, we will not have true wholeness. it makes a lot of sense because we can't establish our lives on any other besides God. and when i quote 'establish our lives on God', i meant making Him your joy, strength, delight, confidence and firm foundation. and apparently that is exactly what i've got wrong. (uhh..) i've been guilty of trying to substitute God instead letting Him take His rightful place as my one and only center. and all this happened without me realizing it! the right thing to do is to reside in Him and establish yourself on Him. let me make you a list of things i've been doing wrong just in case you're already getting tired of reading. (bear with me)
-instead of making God my confidence, i've somewhat made music my confidence thinking the better i get the more confident i deserve to feel about myself.
-instead of seeking self-worth in God i sought the approval of people around me. i was so concerned about how people would perceive me instead letting God's word define me for who i really am-fearfully and wonderfully made in the image and glory of the most high God.
-instead of residing in God's love, i sought the love and attention of other people that i let overtake God. i've loved other things when i should be loving God. His love should have been all that mattered to me. ( i mean think about it, God's love is unchanging and is not affected by circumstances unlike the love of man)
-i thrived on pride instead of giving God honor. (you see, when i was serving in the worship team the other day, i was so concerned about the way i looked and sang instead of focusing on what really matters-presenting myself first and foremost as a servant of God and worshiping Him with all i've got because He deserves it.)
and the list goes on....but you get my point. =). this too reminds me of a portion of scripture in the book of Ecclesiastes. you see, that book was written by solomon himself. he had all the luxuries in the world as king and tried seeking joy and wholeness in them. in the end, he came to a conclusion that all of it was meaningless.
my conclusion is, don't let anything or anyone rob you the right of establishing yourself on Christ; making Him all that sustains you. He is after all your rightful, firm foundation. if a marriage is not established on Christ, it's established on something broken. it's the same for all of us. married or not. God gave us marriage as an illustration of our relationship with Him. think about it. if you were a husband who gave everything for your wife, you wouldn't want your wife residing and seeking joy in other men.
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