What is this life really about? Have we forgotten? Have we ever really known?
Is this life about feelings and experiences? Is it about love and friendship? Is this life about making something of it?
These are all small parts of the much bigger whole. Each of these things are snippets of the full life that God really intends. And none of these parts make a life complete, but rather are simply expressions of God grace in our lives.
What truly complete us, what truly fulfills us is dwelling in the Presence of the Lord! Being with God and He in us is the only true reality of life “to the full”. In Christ we have life, in Him we have love, peace and joy. In Christ we have forgiveness. In Christ we have grace and mercy. In Christ our chains are broken and our hearts are set truly free!
And once we begin abiding in Him and He in us; once we learn to wait at His feet and let Him truly take away all of our burdens and doubts and fears; once we discover the peace that passes all understanding when we live ever and always in His presence, then everything changes. Our experiences with other people take on new meaning and importance. Our feelings about circumstances are changed and our emotions themselves are sanctified! The way we think of love and give and receive love changes as well how how we approach friendship.
When God is with us and in us, our perceptions are heightened, our emotions are more robust, our heart is filled to overflowing for Him and neighbor, our fears are stilled and our spirit explodes with joy!
So if you are one of the 7 billion people in the world who ask yourself at sometime or another: “what is my life all about”? I challenge you: sit at the feet of Jesus, wait: for minutes, hours, days, and a lifetime and let God fill you “to the very measure” with the fullness of Himself; and then watch as He strips away the ugly, decaying, dead things and brings unstoppable, Spirit-filled, eternity-changing life into you!
Pastor Michael Johnson 