Selfless Faith

I remember there was so much I wanted at a time in my life. I would seek a way to get it at any cost. Once I would get it, I would use it for a moment, and then soon thereafter it would be forgotten. All that work to attain something that once acquired, means absolutely nothing in my life and in the end, it is just a means to collect more dust. Oh yes we see the fancy cars, the big houses, the bright jewelry. I had a hunger for all of it.

Now, when I see these things, I ask will this fancy car not take me the same place as this simple car? Will I not sleep the same in this regular house? Is the light of Jesus not brighter than ALL the jewels, diamonds, gold and silver of this earth? Oh how the wants I once cared for are no more.

My dad recently asked us, “What do you want?” and I honestly couldn’t think of anything I wanted. My cousin responded, “Of course you don’t want anything when you are desperate.”  So, I had to ask myself if I was desperate, and if so what was I desperate for? I wondered if it was possible to have so little, but still want none.

To my determination, I was very desperate. Not desperate for anything the world can do or bring to me, but desperate for Jesus to come inside of me and work miracles through my life. I was desperate, hungry, thirsty, and weak because I wanted Jesus to allow me to serve Him as He had served me, an unworthy, ungrateful, grain of His world.

So now the Lord has provided to me a means of living here on earth, and I have a less desire of earthly things, and a stronger desire and conviction to continue serving the Lord my God. Oh blessed be the name of the Lord.   All that I have is Yours. There is nothing the world can do for me that You can’t!

Believing in the Lord and still having desire for the world is a sign of immaturity and selfish faith. Imagine our fate if Jesus had had selfish faith and when the Pharisees told Him to save Himself from the cross He’d have done so!  A gruesome death would still be awaiting us. However, through His selfless faith to in his Father, our God, He stayed on the cross to be crucified and bear the penalty for all of our sins.

Oh, I tell you the truth dear brothers and sisters, live your lives with selfless faith to serve the ones you love as you love and serve our Lord, Christ Jesus. Love who Jesus loved and you will love everybody; even the ones who hate you. As He said, what reward is it to only love those who love you?

With a selfless faith instilled in us, our goals while walking the dreadful grounds of earth are to follow our Lord so He will equip us with the all the tools needed to “feed His sheep.”

So it has come to light! I was indeed desperate. However, not a material desperation but instead a desperation to have the Lord quench the thirst of my soul. He has surely been quenching my thirst and He is the ONLY water that I desire the lips of my soul to touch, the Living Water. For that water, I will continue to clench on to his leg as a three year old child who doesn’t want his father to go away on a business trip.

My one earthly desire, earthly wish, is that we ALL will love the Lord with all our hearts, all our souls, our mind and strengths!

Oh HOSANNA in the Highest! We thank You for ALL that you have provided and moreover ALL that you have not provided. ALL Glory to You my God!