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Devotion for Today
HoldingFast	#1 Posted on 08/27/2009 15:17
Senior Member Posts: 452 Joined: 09/28/2007	Ladies - my devotion for today is so appropriate for me and from what I have read- how many others feel. The Perfect Fit Lysa TerKeurst "I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws." Psalm 119:30 (NIV) Devotion: As a little girl, I had longed for a daddy to pick me up, swing me around, and tell me I was lovely and loved. When this childhood longing went unmet, it became an adult emptiness and brokenness that drove me to seek out all kinds of misguided remedies. My primary remedy was to look for someone or something that would make me feel loved and significant. It's as if I carried around a little heart-shaped cup and extended it to whatever or whomever I perceived might fill it. I presented the cup to my education: "Will you fill me?" I offered it to my husband: "Will you fill me?" I held it out to my child: "Will you fill me?" I extended it to my material possessions: "Will you fill me?" I presented it to each of my jobs: "Will you fill me?" Within these questions were many more entanglements: "Will you right all my wrongs?" "Will you fill up my insecurities?" "Will you make me feel significant?" The more I offered my emptiness hoping something could fill it, the more frustrated I felt. And when I had grown in my faith, I was especially perplexed. Wasn't being a Christian supposed to fix these kinds of issues in my heart? What was I missing? Have you ever been there? Why is it so tempting to look to things of this world for fulfillment? This notion that worldly things can fulfill is all around us. It's on TV, the focus of countless secular songs, and it's what dominates American advertisements. I can't even stand in the grocery store checkout lane without being bombarded with suggestions for a more fulfilling life. A better husband. A better body. A better career. A more beautifully decorated house. The magazines seem so slick, their promises so enticing. They sneak into our thought processes and make us think, "If only I had _______________, I'd be so happy. I'd be so fulfilled." So, we chase and chase until we bankrupt our relationships, our bank accounts, and our very souls. The reality is every single thing the world offers is temporary. No person, possession, profession, or position can ever fill the cup of a wounded, empty heart—not my heart, not your heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill. Whatever "if only I had" statement we are struggling with, we can replace it with solid truths from Scripture that will never leave us empty. It's a bold statement to make and might even sound a bit trite, but it's true. When God's Word gets inside of us, it becomes the new way we process life. It rearranges our thoughts, our motives, our needs, and our desires. Our soul was tailor made to be filled with God and His truth; therefore, it seeps into every part of us and fills us completely. It is the only perfect fit. Dear Lord, we ask today that You set within us a passion for Your Word. A passion that will override the fleshly desire within us to chase after fulfillment from people, possessions, professions, or positions. Lord, help us place the highest importance on getting into Your Word every day. And may we always approach Your Word with a humility of need and a heart ready to receive all You want to teach us. In Jesus' Name, Amen. ME "This is what it means to be held. How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life And you survive. This is what it is to be loved. And to know that the promise was When everything fell we’d be held. " Held by Natalie Grant


Brlwliveoutloud	#2 Posted on 08/27/2009 16:18
Tribal Elder Posts: 4929 Joined: 06/18/2006	I could have written this, it sounds just like me! Thanks for posting this! Jill A Woman's beauty comes from Christ within her!


FreeNdeed	#3 Posted on 08/27/2009 19:46
Tribal Elder Posts: 5925 Joined: 12/13/2008	Galatians 5 Freedom in Christ 1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. God so loves YOU!!!

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