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I wonder what life would be like if each of us allowed our appetite for God to become the ruling passion of our life? What thoughts would we think and meditate on? I wonder how different our lives would be?

And what if we desired that for everyone we met? Would it change the way we speak to them? Would it change the kind of advice we might give? Would it bring about radical change in the lives of those around us?

I believe it would. In fact, I know it would. I've seen it first hand in my life just in the last few days.

I have made a commitment to put 1st things 1st. From this day forward, my goal in life is to discover my desire for God above every THING and then to spend the rest of my life indulging that passion with all my soul.

What led me to this new commitment you might ask? C.S. Lewis wrote, "You can't get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first." I realized I had put second things first and the first thing second.

I have looked to God for instructions on how to live my life and to help me when things were not going as I had planned. I have also thanked God in prayer for all the blessings in my life. I talk with Him daily. But the mistake I made was looking outside of God to define who I am. I've been on a quest of sorts… searching for someone who would truly want to know me and would still want me, scars and all.

And yet I missed it…. it finally hit me…only God can love me the way I long to be loved. And yet I've been too busy trying to be good so good things will happed to me instead of spending time with Him, knowing Him and delighting myself in Him. My desire is to be known. No one truly knows the battle that is going on inside of me. But who can truly know me? My creator.

(Father God, I ask for Your forgiveness of my sin in not truly putting YOU first in my life. Lord I am so guilty of allowing my joy to be dependent on the blessings You have provided instead of being deeply satisfied with just You. Lord, change me, from the inside out. Help me become that kind of person. In the powerful and precious name of Jesus, I pray. Amen!)

I love God and I want to please Him! I am turning away from letting people define who I am. Christ defines who I am. I want to be like Jesus… who found His deepest satisfaction in God. I want to experience God through whatever means He provides and I want to trust Him whether life gets better or not.

Are you ready to put 1st things 1st in your life?

"Point of Reference" from Fred Price

In His Glorious and Awesome Name Deut. 28:58