What Matters Most.....?

Days after my last exam I really thought I would be bored but it is proving to be a very interesting journey for me. I thought of blogging in the morning but I kept getting the sense that what God wanted me to write today I would only find out later. Me being the impatient child I am wanted to blog so much but every sentence I put down seemed not to hold any substance. So today had a cool chilled out morning then met up with KW and DP which was awesome because they brought to the surface something very profound.It was more of a question about what matters the most.


Read a cool blog today by Mike(lead singer for Tenth Avenue North) and he was sharing a story about a friend of his who had just broken up with his girlfriend. You know most stories like these have some wishy washy soppy its gonna be alright tone but this one was different. It was blunt, unapologetic truth in love that he shared with his friend. Ultimately he laid it down telling Him what matters most and thats Jesus. Sometimes we think only the 'evil' stuff in our lives can become idols i.e. Money, Sex, Power. But even good stuff can become such a big thing in our lives that we lose touch of rily "WHAT MATTERS MOST". Going back to Mike's blog he gave the example of his wife of 2years and how no matter how great she is, she can never make him completely happy. She shouldn't be able to, that would be taking God's place.

Sometimes we place pressure on people we have in our lives, wives, girlfriends, husbands, kids e.t.c to be our source of contentment but we forget that the God shaped hole in our hearts can't be filled with the greatest spouse or family in the world. It can only be filled by God. And so, I’m slowly coming to terms with the fact, that since God loves me, he won’t let me be completely happy with anything other than Himself. He knows that my relationship with Him is the only constant and unchanging thing I will ever have in my life. Its a painful but good truth. There is an amazing book written over three decades ago by Sheldon Vanauken called 'A Severe Mercy'. Its basically, about this man who loses his wife through death, and he realizes that it was the severe mercy of God that allowed it to happen, because she was his God. He didn’t know it at the time, but the most merciful thing God could do was to take her from him, because only God can last beyond this life. Only God can satisfy.

I guess its some food for thought guys, definately for me. Not to say we shouldn't love and relationships and family are pointless. But that in our loving and spending time with amazing people that God has the mercy to give us we don't for get our first love, Jesus. I am always reminded of this through Revelations 2:2-4, it reads:

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.

Peace, love and happiness

Tau