Celebrating the victories

I praise God that I'm able to remove starcraft 2 off my computer. It's probably the biggest thing I've done and also one of the hardest things. I know there's still a long way to go, but yeah I'm gonna take this moment just to praise God for this victory. It's a small victory but never an insignificant victory.

The thing that has been on my mind lately is that there is more. This idea I got from Rob Bell's "Everything is spiritual". So often I find myself stuck in a cycle of sin and just selfish worldly thoughts. But I guess reminding myself that there is more to life than this is another thing I need to praise God for. Just as the Jew's back in Jesus time thought that all they had was a life of oppression and so rejected the saviour we often do that too without knowing it. Sometimes we forget that there is more. We think about it and Jesus came to the world preaching about this something more. This something more was and still is the Kingdom of God.

Isn't it it time we stop being so ignorant and blind to what God has to say for our lives? How many times do we fall into worldly thinking and declaring that this is all I have and I need the Messiah to put on his helmet so that we can conquer and take over the world, I am a chosen of God aren't I? And Jesus's response is "there's more".

Jesus is telling me that there's more all the time. But sometimes all I can see is my falling and failings, my inaction and everything is just not going right. I feel so lonely and disheartened at times because I feel like there's nothing else, that there is no direction or moving forward in my life. I guess the fact that Jesus is telling me there's more all the time, is a struggle because it's so hard to truly believe when lifes not going the way you believe it should be.

Another thing that I learnt from Rob Bell's dvd is that throughout Jesus ministry and life, Jesus never referred to a spiritual life. For example if you asked Jesus how's your spiratual life, He wouldn't reply that oh spiratual life is good, but you know life on earth it's a bit time bound. Why? Because life is spiritual, hence the title of the dvd "Everything is spiritual".

So if everything is spiritual, and there's more. Then there is so much to look forward to. Even if I don't know what that is. Jesus is always telling us that there's more at the essence of everything. There's more to life then my failings, theres more to life than my education, there's more to life then my family and friends. There's is God and His kingdom.

My loneliness, His love. My education, His wisdom. My tiredness, His strength. My sin, His cross. My death, His resurection. My failings, His victory.My worthlessness, His grace.

I'm struggling right now with epic withdrawal. So my prayer right now, is for me to get back to basics. Well start the basics because I never did get the basics down in the first place. So yeah simply that I would be able to seek God in His word, worship and prayer. Not because my actions are enough, but because the effort is worth it. That He is worth it. By His grace I will get through this stronger for his Glory.

Praise Jesus, because all praise belongs to Him. Amen.

"And You open the door for me, Lord you laid down your life to set me free, Jesus you're everything I need"

Peter.

Edit: I forgot to write this in, but yeah life right now is pretty crazy, but with every victory God brings peace. So in the hecticness of everything at least in my mind I'm able to have that peace, and it's one of the best feelings. So yeah once again praise Jesus.