This comic/commentary was written on November 14, 2021
This week Danny trying to become stronger: not letting my desires affect my walk with the Lord. Do you think God doesn't want you to have nice things? Is it so wrong to want to have a decent life, a family, and stability? I don't think it's wrong to long for those things, because those things in themselves are not bad things. But when you make life all about those things, you are truly missing the purpose of life. That is, to love God, and love others.
The main point here is: that spending life longing for things we don't have is fruitless. God has given you what you need, and He will supply your future needs. We should be content with that because the priority here on earth is to seek God's Kingdom first. The reward that we will enjoy in eternity is beyond anything this world can offer.
So I guess the mindset to aim for is: there are things I really want, but if I don't get them, that's ok because I know that doing God's will instead of my own is an investment into eternity, where we will finally be happy ever after.
I struggle greatly with this because there are things I've wanted my entire life... And it's hard to be ok with not having them. But you know, one comfort I have is that if I truly seek God's kingdom first, He will give me the desires of my hearts, you know why? Because those desires will be aligned with God's since I would have put His Kingdom as the priority.
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