kjoosaurus is back :) I hope you all enjoyed reading the prayer written out yesterday... I know I thoroughly enjoyed it. It so beautifully expressed how unrighteous I feel in front of my God, while also reminding me of how He loves us so dearly. It takes a lot to be able to admit to being a sinner; the pride of man stands in our way. It is an obstacle we face, and it is an obstacle we must overcome! We are only human. Our God is above us all.
This is something I wanted to talk about today... For many, pride is something that is hard to overcome. We naturally do not want to admit we are wrong, or that we have done wrong. We do not want to openly admit to being a sinner. We want to keep secret those mistakes we have made, or the many faults we possess. This is completely normal as a human. I personally struggled a great deal with it, and it was a huge obstacle in developing my relationship with God.
I find the idea of pride very interesting. People hold themselves up so highly. I think of nations, celebrities, world leaders, etc. They are in a position where people might even worship them. They put themselves in the spotlight, and bask in their fame and power. Although it is bad that they are glorifying themselves, we must be careful as well. There are many times when we are glorifying these famous people as well. We look up to them, and to some extreme cases, we worship them. I know this is weird, but the first example that comes to my mind is Justin Bieber. He has fans out there, that worship him. So many of his fans would do anything for him. They cry when they see him, they know everything about him, they seek him, they crave him, they worship him. This obsession they have with him makes me feel sad. We should be seeking our God, craving our God, worshiping our God.
19 Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror, LORD;
let the nations know they are only mortal.
let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror, LORD;
let the nations know they are only mortal.
This verse is crucial to remember. We are only mortal. There is absolutely nothing above our God! There is no celebrity, leader, or nation on this earth above him. He is the almighty, all powerful God. We must never forget this. Yes, there will be times when we may start to get sucked into all the worldly things around us, but we must not fall for it! Stand strong against all temptations and distractions. Remember that there is nothing and nobody above our God!
I am only mortal. But with God, I have eternal life. I live to serve Him, I live to do His will. I thrive to love like Him, to worship Him, and to be with Him. He has given us the greatest gift of all, and we are so much more than fortunate for it! I pray that all nations will bow down before Him, for He is the almighty God!
Thank you so much for reading my blog today! I appreciate it so much that you would all take some time out of your day to read my blog. It means so much to me. :)
Here's the song I listened to while writing this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61LamkXfwk
-kjoosaurus out!
Hi Kristen, thank you so much for sharing your posts :) I was sad this morning that I will be missing church cus of work but I came across your blog while waiting for my patient to arrive. Your posts allowed me to have time with God and reflect back on myself. Please keep up your awesome blog and thanks again :D <3
ReplyDeleteHi Heather! Thanks for such a sweet and encouraging comment. I'm so glad God has used this blog to connect with others. I hope you continue to spend more and more time with God, and grow closer to Him every day! :)
Deleteit's truly amazing when you see people so openly worship stars, singers, celebrities, ideas, and even ideologies (like feminism, capitalism, etc..) You're so right in saying that it just shows us the empty void that we have that only God can fill. We are made to worship.. created to worship.. and because sinners do not know the Lord, they turn to other things to try to fill this void of worship. But this worship is empty and flawed and leads to destruction... Sigh. I pray that more and more people will be see the true Lord and can fill their void with worship for the true God who deserves all worship...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment! What you say about the empty void is so true... People try to fill this void in so many different ways, and so many don't know that the only thing that will fill this void is God. Let us pray together that people will learn to seek nothing else but God to fill this empty void!
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