The world isn't enough

I struggle really hard when I go 2-3 days without engaging myself in the word. I won't let myself go longer than 2 days because longer than that I really can't handle it.

I titled this post 'the world isn't enough' because I was really feeling that way this afternoon. We had our annual planning meeting in Battle Creek, MI last night and this morning and we were at the Firecracker Casino. It was my first casino experience...Nearly everything that the world had to offer I was exposed to last night and this morning. 

It's not like everyone was going super crazy because that definitely wasn't the case but we were all just around alcohol and gambling. Which is something that people often look to for fulfillment. It was a super fun time as well! I am not writing this post saying that we should never ever drink or gamble anything...I am writing this post to tell you that this world will never be enough...(by the way...I put in $10 and won $31 and went straight to bed)

I laughed harder last night than I have in a very long time. Our office sat around a table last night after the dinner and we had some drinks and just laughed so hard most of the evening. It was so fun to be out of the work space and in a fun location to just hang out and not talk just about work related things. 

It was by far the most fun I had with our Mishawaka office so far. I honestly love every single person that I work with! Every person is so fun to be around and truly cares about you. 

I almost forgot to mention...we had tremendous food both last night and this morning. 

Everything that I just got done describing sounds like it would be pretty fulfilling right? It was to a point..but not even close to being enough. I left today realizing how true it is that fulfillment only comes from God. 

That is what I want all of your to know and understand. I can't imagine a life without God at the center. I went 2 days without engaging myself in the word and I felt like something was totally missing. I knew exactly what it was. My goal for you is to get to the point where you are so engaged in the word on a daily basis that the moment you go without it you know what you are missing. 

Honestly you would think after a little midweek work trip that I would be feeling great but that just isn't the case because I was missing my Jesus time and everything in my life is centered around my relationship with Christ. My prayer...my hope...my everything for you is that your relationships with Christ began to take shape like that...where the moment you know that you are missing something, it's time spent in the word. 

I am telling you with all my heart that if you are trying to find fulfillment from this world, it simply won't ever happen. Only the Holy Spirit will make you feel like you have everything that you will ever need...and that is because that is what the Holy Spirit is and what God provides.