Satisfied In Christ

Many of us say that we cannot live without Jesus, that we are content only in Him, but is this truth to you? Are you following Jesus because you want something from Him? Would you still follow Him, if you ended up living on the streets? Where do you stand? Many people say that they will follow Christ, but many are not satisfied completely only in Him. Those people want something from Jesus. They want a good spouse, their businesses to succeed, they want Jesus to bless them in the things of this world. When i counsel people, some come because they want to recieve power. They wan the gift to heal or pray for people and do amazing things, but when I tell them that I have no power, only Jesus, they all end up leaving, because theya want something more than Jesus. They want the power to do things on their terms. They want to heal people and have the gift to change lives because they want the credit. Did they come to learn about God or did they come to learn about something that they can use for themselves? Only if they could see that if they had Jesus they would have everything. When I am content in Christ, even though I have the gift to heal, I only heal those who God tells me to heal. Ultimately it is God's choice so really I do not have any power. Do you have any gifts? They are not yours for you to do as you will. It belongs to God. You are to do what he tells you to do. If you say taht you belong to God, then how can you rebel against Him? You do what you want because you do not serve God but you serve yoursleves. Is God really your Master? Then do as He says. In a house, there is the owner and everyone below him. Everyone is given a different position and certain responsibilities. God has given us many gifts, and responsibilities, and we are to do His work, but we do not. We waste them. To us, we do not see how amazing our gifts are, but rather we look at others and wonder why we are in the place we are in and others are doing work in greater places. Instead of finding my path and being content in my place I envy others. This is idol wordhip. You think foolish thoughts because Jesus is not everything to you. You complain make excuses about everything. You think that you are special and different, but in truth we are all the same. There is a saying that the other persons food looks better than yours. It is because you are not content. You do not know how to be content in Christ alone and so you desire the things of this world. People say that the Bible is outdated and does not matter any more. That is nonsense. If we are following God, then the time and era does not change. If God is our purpose then even if everything else changes our faith does not. The life of victory becomes mine when I am truly focused on Christ. What use is your pride in this life? Even in this world, you cannot go where you want with pride. In a realtionship pride destroys.. You must have humility to make a relationship work. The Lord tells us to ide to oursleve. We are to carry the cross, we are to die and ressurect and be a new creation. You do not do, because you do not want to. You are lazy and blame it on God saying He did not chnage you. It is you who does not make the change. You must be able to confess that Jesus is enough. Even thoug you will stumble at times, you must not think that you will, but you must be determined not to fall, and when you do, you must get up and keep going. What is faith? God does not desire something impossible. He desires simply for you to walk with Him daily. You do not grow up in one day. It takes time for you to grow and God desires you to walk daily with Him now. You keep saying I'll start tomorrow and it has been 10, 20, 30 years that you have been living in sin. When will you repent and turn to Him? There is no tomorrow. Now is the time. No one can make you be satisfied in Christ alone. You must decide that for yourself. Then you must live the life that shows that you are satisfied in Him.