This World Has Nothing For Me...

Happy New Year!

Today, I feel like Solomon. In the way where i'm sitting here and i'm just thinking, "Wow. Everything is meaningless."

I'm just so sick of pursuing treasure on Earth that means nothing in the Kingdom of God. I'll be honest with my blog- life has not been the greatest for awhile. But God is fixing my perspective to see something that's greater than myself, and I think i'm finally catching it. I just started thinking today... I'm not made for here. This place is not my home. Yet, I spend so much time pursuing meaningless "gain". Reputation with friends, getting excited when I get another paycheck and spending it on Starbucks, getting good grades or good "status"... It consumes us. It really does. It consumes me, I don't even realize it. I lose sight so easily of what I was made for, and what I was made for is not for here. I think when we can gain a heavenly perspective, life is filled with so much more purpose.

Have you noticed how unfulfilling it is to spend your time and money on yourself? It'll make you happy for awhile and then you will probably forget about it in awhile. I think that's why Jesus said "Seek FIRST the Kingdom of God and His righteousnss, and everything else will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33)

I just wonder what would happen if we were able to see the world the way God does. I think we would be so humbled. And I also think God wants to give us His perspective for that very reason. Our "problems" wouldn't seem so detrimental. I think our love for His people would increase greatly. I think most of all, our eyes would turn from ourselves and onto the all omnipotent God and then in awe we would proclaim "This world really doesn't have anything for me, I will follow you!" (Thank you Jared Anderson.)

I'm just catching glimpses of this through my brokenness. That I really am not made for here, but God put me here for a purpose. And I know God has greater plans for me than I have for myself, and I'm thankful He is with me the whole time: In my brokenness, my average times, and my victorious times in life. And He has a plan for it all. I'm excited to see what He's going to do through me in the future, But today, I'm thankful just for who He is and who He's created me to be right now.