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There are times in life when it is very easy to get discouraged. External circumstances can have deep impact on our life if our internal combustion isn't ablaze for Christ.

Those who gather around them material things, are constantly seeking something new. Each acquisition brings with it the hope of fulfillment. The payoff is perpetual short term relief, followed quickly by multiplied emptiness... until the heart begins to beat for something else.

Others focus less on the material, but invest in job, hobby or relationship(s).

The end result is ridiculously familiar, and yet the pursuit remains intense.

What foolishness is this?

As Christians, why do we expend so much energy in the direction we know in advance will not bring peace or satisfaction?

There is an inner thirst which will never be slaked by increased possessions, greater power, or additional relational experience. Yet we have boundless energy to pursue what cannot satisfy, and have none for what will actually quell the inner discontent.

As spiritual beings, we must satiate our appetites with Him. The pursuit of Him, the worship of Him, and surrender to Him are the only methods which will stave the gnawing ache.

Consistently we seem to pursue that which only brings deeper drought.

The mature believer can fall prey to this folly just like the infant.

The enemy renews the attack against us by pursuing with that which is innocent, until we embrace it and make it an object of lust.

Slowly we imbibe. The drunk does not realize he's stumbled until on his face in failure.

This does not have to remain.

Brokenness begets beginning... restoration, when bathed in His stain.

He is all that is needed. He is the atonement afforded. His sacrifice is complete.

We must return to our first love.

The color in life is produced by choice. The brilliance of life is discovered through choosing to put Him first.


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