Journey.

Every single person on this Earth longs for one thing -- love. We all fight so hard for this desire. Yet, it is freely given to us by Christ. Why do we fight to gain this thing we call love? Why do we search so hard? It's because we rely to find it solely from human beings. We search in all the wrong places for this love. We follow our own desires for this love. I'm here to tell you that this is just not how it was intended to be. I spent two weeks preaching the Gospel in India and somehow I managed to forget the truth that I spoke. God created us because He desired a relationship. Sure, He created the animals. But, when was the last time that you spoke to an animal and they answered back? Unless you start describing the horse named Mr. Ed from TV Land, you can only say that this has never has happened. They don't have conversations with you. So, what did God do? He created us. He created humans. He created creatures that hold the same characteristics that He does. He was an artist with the ability to create us. We are "fearfully and wonderfully made". And that relationship that He desired and created us for then, still exists to this very day. His love is unchanging. That desire from God has not changed.

In order for us to understand anything in this world we have to constantly speak with our Father. He knows the desires of our heart. He knows our story because He wrote it. The only way that we'll ever feel secure and content in this world is if we find that completely in Him. Contentment is a learned choice. We need to learn as humans that contentment does not come from our own desires being met. We cannot have real joy if we continually base it on our circumstances. Sure, we can get what we want and feel 'joy' for a short period. But, the second something doesn't go our way we feel angry again. It's instant. God is the only way that we can find that true joy. The Word says that "the eyes of man is never satisfied." So, why do we constantly try to meet that satisfaction without Christ? It makes no sense. We are so blinded by what the enemy is telling us. He is a liar. It's as simple as that. There is absolutely nothing Satan can say that is true. He's incapable of telling the truth. The lies of not being wanted, of not being accepted, of not being fought for, of not being good enough, of not being loved - are all lies. They are all things that we need Christ for. Humans will fail. Humans are not perfect. Humans will upset you. Humans cannot give you what only Christ can.

It's time we stop having expectations of people. It's time we stop letting the insecurities and the lies control our lives. Why let something that only wants to destroy us [the enemy] control us when we can instead let something that only wants to love us [Christ] help us? We need Christ's help. We need Christ's guidance. We need Christ's love. We need Christ's grace. We need Christ - all of Him, every single second of every single day. And He freely offers it, every single second of every single day. We can't do anything without Him. It makes no sense for us to continue to let the things of our past, the things that have hurt us the most, control our present when we know the truth. We were created for a relationship with Christ. We need to be content with our circumstances. We need to find true contentment and security with Christ before anything else. Once we accept that, we can be free. It's time to break chains and let the lies go. We can do this with Christ. Stop letting your emotions, your fears, and your insecurities tell you otherwise. [God desires that we take authority over our bad habits. He doesn't want us to be "bossed around" by our emotions, He wants us to have victory. - Joyce Meyer]. With Christ, we will always be victorious. We need to soak in that truth. Yes, we as humans will fail and are incapable of defeating the enemy. But, we have a God who is willing to fight by our side and who we know holds the victory, every single time.

Stop letting the enemy control. Stop searching for anything but Christ. I want to be a mom someday. And let me tell you, I will make a phenomenal mom. But, if I have a little girl who doesn't see her worth because too many boys have broken her heart and I'm not secure enough in Christ to help her understand that she's worth it.. my heart will be broken. It's time we as humans realize that Christ is all we need. We can be secure in Him and He will never let us down. Again, humans will fail you. But, Christ created all of us to love Him and be secure in Him so that we can love each other. We can't love each other without giving everything to Christ. We can't love each other when we hold expectations of being great and finding joy always in another human being. We were not created for that. We need to start living in that truth. We need to start being content with where God has us, soaking in his security. We need to start having faith that He can help us with everything. We need to start having faith that He WILL help us with everything if we just let Him.


Let Him.

"Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] has said, I will not in any way fail you, nor give you up, nor leave you without support. [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless, nor forsake, nor let [you] down."
Hebrews 13:5 [AMP] --