You are better than that

Colossians 3:5

 

⁵Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

 

We know that we are at our best when we are walking with, or after the Lord, yet there always seems to be something trying to drag us down. As if an unexplainable force is holding a string, pulling you backwards. You can call it what you want, habit, desire, the devil….You have to identify that problem and cut it loose. I know all to well that is easier said than done, however it is something that must be dealt with. Not because it is “bad” or sinful, not because someone is looking over your shoulder and telling you that you have to change….do it because you know that you are better than that…..whatever it is that is dragging on you, you are better than that problem. You are no longer the same person you were, and that means that you have to not just let go of things, but you have to start to see yourself for what you are. A brother or sister of Christ, you are a new life! A life that searches for hope, and faith, not despair, and pain. In our old lives we lived for pain…..I know that might not sound quite right, or might not be the way some see it, but if you look at your life before Christ entered it, you will see that the things you were chasing brought more pain, and disappointment, than it brought happiness. Maybe you are still lost in your chase, content to chase the things of this temporary world that will surely fall away, and leave you empty at some point. Maybe you have allowed the Lord into your life, but you are still chasing after empty dreams……take a long look at where you are at….are you happy? Do you feel complete, do you feel whole?  Look for the things in your life that are causing you pain, be honest with yourself, is the chase for the new car, or the next one night stand, going to give you the feeling of love that you are looking for? Will your chase for money ever have a finish line? I can promise you, at the end of the day, or the next morning when you wake up, that same haunting feeling will still fill your soul. Reach out to the Lord, and start cutting away your earthly nature, you are better than that. Let Christ in….allow him to be your foundation, you will feel what complete acceptance, and love really is. When you build on a foundation of the Lord, you house will stand any storm. You will find that the race for worldly things is a race that cannot be won, but with Christ all things are possible.

 

Peace,

Brian