Zephania 2:3 "...be humble..."
It's 3am. I can't sleep. There are so many things running in my mind. So many things I want to finish before I sleep. But when I try to do them, my tired body doesn't cooperate anymore.
Why do I do this? There are people like me. You may know them and you might even be one of them.
I feel satisfaction when I get things done, even when it's no longer reasonable. Like working on a Saturday night.
But as C.S. Lewis said, “If my desires cannot be fully satisfied in this world, it is because there is another world where my desires will meet their ultimate satisfaction.”
I need to humble myself more. Humility is the path to contentment. How? I don't know yet. I need to tell myself that it's okay to not get things done. It's okay to feel inadequate and unaccomplished. True satisfaction is not found here, but in heaven, our final destination.
REFLECTION:
How do you respond when you think you need to feel satisfaction but can't get it?
Lord God, humble my heart when I keep reaching for things to satisfy me that are already unreasonable.
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January 29 2017 Sunday
