Hi Questies! I hope you have all been doing well!
Here is a thought… do you seek the Lord with the same intensity when you are in a good place as you do when you are suffering? I can honestly say that at times I do not. My desire is to love the Lord with a deep passion all days but there are times when I search for my fulfillment in other things, especially other people. Are you disappointed when you find out someone isn’t perfect? That they are just as much of a sinner as you are? At times, especially when we are searching to be fulfilled by someone else, we find ourselves utterly distraught because the fantasy we have created of who a person is shatters and we see who they really are. It is in this moment when we feel that deep loss within us and know that really it can only be filled by Jesus Christ.
The Lord gives us wonderful people in our lives (parents, siblings, best friends, teachers, boy/girl friends) to be in relationship with and these relationships are intended to REFLECT who Christ is, not MIRROR him.
Do you see the difference in a reflection and a direct mirror image? These people are not Christ, they are a reflection of Christ, just as you are.
He blesses us because he loves to remind us of His awesome glory and immense power. He loves seeing us filled with joy that can only come from him.
We fall when we make the mistake of seeing the blessing AS God instead of FROM God.
Do you see the difference?
Only Christ can truly fulfill us! This verse really put it into perspective for me…
“May the God of hope fill you will all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” Romans 15:13
Lindsey
I feel like this can relate to all of our lives. So many times I expect people to be perfect and I'm so upset when I finally realize they aren't...I love the relfection and mirror thing - I've never thought about it that way! Thank you! Love and miss you!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like the mirror image!
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about this a lot, too. I know someone who's a lukewarm Christian, and as such, she pretty much has herself and her parents that she falls back on. One day, she'll be living alone, and she'll only have herself. And that's when you find out you're not strong enough.
And that's where Christ comes in.