For the sake of LOVE
 
In my own heart, I have pondered and asked myself the following questions… 

“Is there more to & in this life than the same ‘ole boring routine, mundane schedule and same thing day in/day out that causes you to become a creature of habit?”

 

“Is there more than having all the money in the world?”

 “Is there more than trying to acquire/gain an abundance of personal things/possessions?”

 “Is there more than striving for acceptance/significance from others in regards to status/fame?”

 “Is there more than gaining all the wisdom/knowledge from books or academia/academic institutions?”

 “Is there more than being religious…on the basis of feeling like you have to do this/that, or trying to earn/work your way to happiness?”

Another question I have thought about or maybe you have probably asked me and that is…
 
“What would compel me (you) to leave for 11 months, leaving everything I (you) have…My family, my girlfriend, my friends, my church family, my job, my favorite hobbies and my comfortable lifestyle?”

 

If you have never felt or experienced GOD’s unconditional love for you, which is not based on if your loveable, but based purely on HIS nature and who HE is…than I would challenge you to personally ask GOD to show HIS love to you and HE will.

 

WARNING:

 it may not feel or look like the way you desire or expect it to be!

My relationship with GOD fills the emptiness & void within my heart and life and HE can do the same for you too!
( John 10:10b )

 
If you are willing, then GOD is more than able…
then you will find true peace, joy, contentment and fullness in HIM. But if you are not willing, then you will continue to live a life for yourself trying to fill your heart & life with meaningless money, material things, fame, education and religious efforts, which will only leave you empty, discontent & unhappy.

 
“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?”
( Mark 8:36-37 )
 
“He who has the Son (JESUS) has life;
he who does not have the Son (JESUS) of GOD does not have life!”
( 1 John 5:12 )

 

ONLY GOD can satisfy & meet your deepest needs (emotionally, physically, financially & most importantly, spiritually) through a personal & meaningful relationship with HIM.

GOD is calling each and everyone one of us to HIMSELF to have a personal & meaningful relationship with HIM because HE is more than enough and can truly satisfy meeting all of our deepest desires and needs!

It comes down to one closing important question…

 “Do you & I really believe that GOD is so good, so satisfying, so rewarding and so loving that we will leave all that we have, all we own and all we are in order to find our fullness in HIM?”
(David Plat,Radical, Multnomah Press, 2010, 18-19)

 

 So…my answer(s) to these question(s) is “yes” because it is…

 For the sake of LOVE…

 GOD’s LOVE.

 Because of GOD’s deep love for me, I want to live a sold out life for HIM, showing HIM how much I love HIM in return!

So life is really all about…
 
 Loving GOD
And
 Loving People!
 

 
 
 
 
 
  For GOD so LOVED the world (YOU) that HE gave HIS one and only Son,
 that whoever believes in HIM shall not perish but have everlasting life.
For GOD did not send HIS Son into the world to judge the world (YOU),
but to save the world (YOU) through HIM (JESUS).” 

( John 3:16-17 )