Thoughts

Tonight as I worked on my English IV term paper that is due Wednesday afternoon, I kept repeating one of my favorite lines from Church At Sandhurst worship.  I've always loved the line but for some reason tonight i just couldn't get it out of my head... It is a simple, but mind blowing lyric.  It states, "Lord of the universe, nailed to a tree."  The first time you hear it, it is only a lyric.  Just another line in one of the many songs you sing in church or hear on your christian radio station.  But as i began to analyze the words, my heart began to break.  If you know me, you know that I am a very emotional person... I cry when i hear a symphony or when a ambulance drives past me.  I cry reading missionary reports, and i cry even harder when i write my own.  Most of the time, my emotions are far beyond the average person, and i don't expect others to feel the same way i do, because everyone handles decisions differently and everyones personality calls them to a different reaction, but, i think this case is different. If we are truly Christ followers, and we long for a relationship with him, I think this line should break all of our hearts.  When i look at my life and at the petty things that i care about and that the people surrounding me care about, it is absolutely disgusting.  Yes, God placed us on the earth to walk and live among others, and because of our sin nature, that will bring petty drama and selfishness, but we have taken it to a whole new level.  We are so caught up in popularity and money and everything being at our fingertips that we forget what it is like to fall on our faces and be madly in love with Christ.  Lets face it, unless we are going through a rough patch, we neglect God in most situations in our life.  I mean, when was the last time that you just stopped caring about things of this world for 5 minutes, and gave yourself to God? I know I can't even remember the last time.  Don't get me wrong.  God placed us on this earth and we are not called to live like we are still in Bible times and not make use of modern day technology, but we don't just "use" it.  It rules our lives.  Social media and texting and our 42 inch tv's dictate our lives.  We forget that the only reason we were put on this earth was for Gods glory, and the only reason we are still here is because he hasn't finished with us yet.  We think we control our lives, and we don't.  We think we can just live however we want to and when we get out of college or married or when we have children that we will finally straighten out.  We live in a spoiled dream world and we think it spins around our little finger.  We are selfish, prideful creatures.  God created all of the billions of miles of galaxy's with planets and so many things beyond our imagination.  He spoke, and created earth... And in all of his majesty and wonder, he felt the need to create me and you.  He did not create us to get mad that someone else got the same jacket as us or that we did not get the position we wanted at work.  He created us for his glory.  He still wants us to live, but he wants us to want him.  Without him, we are literally nothing.  The bible says that our life is a vapor.  It would be a shame to go through life looking for contentment in filthy, detestable things on this earth that will pass away, whenever the Lord of the universe was hung to a tree so that you and I could spend the rest of our lives worshiping at the feet of the creator.  God gives his everything for us.  His blood was shed for our lives.  Lets make them worth it.