All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand

How do we find Jesus as our identity?

“We may spend our days in what we call religious duties and we may fill our devotions with fervor but nothing can set our hearts at rest except real acquaintance with God.” –Hannah Whithall Smith

I find so often that the motivations behind what I think I do for Jesus are pure selfishness. Straight Fiji water. You know what else I find? I can’t cure that.

We know we do it to. We pull the Jesus card to attract a girl or guy when inside we’re a sad sluggish question mark toward this Almighty God. We walk around with our bibles out ready to bring hellfire upon others when inside we feel it burning us as well.

I personally hate that I do this. I really really do. Why is it so hard to make Him first?

I think we want to be significant.

That’s all there is to it.

We search and search… music

Voice: I am significant because I listen to Radiohead and not Creed. I can make awesome artistic statements. This music defines who I am as a person.

We search and search… clothes

Voice: I am significant because I wear toms and a v-neck, showing my individuality and love of all things beautiful.

We search and search… career

Voice: I am going to be a millionaire. Then I will be successful.

And I have to apologize…

Because in writing this I am not purified of this. I wish badly that people would look on me and think that I am significant for writing something that other people couldn’t write. It may not totally saturate my motives but yeah, you know what? I genuinely do wish for that. I wish for those things. We wish for those things.

I wish to be significant. I wish to have meaning.

I wanted to share with you something that I have been going through in hopes that you will realize something that I have:

Jesus showed us where our significance lies.

Your significance is not found in being better than someone else at the things that you do.

We buy into these lies.

When I really think about the darkness of all the lies I believe it is almost overwhelmingly hopeless.

This is where we rely on Jesus. We ask Him to make this change.

Because he showed us the way to the top…

Is

At

The

BOTTOM.

Significance is found in Love.

I don’t speak of romance either. I don’t speak about finding the right person to complete us and make our lives significant.

Because the day they are gone…

You have nothing.

I think the problem is that we believe in all these false gods. The bible talks a lot about idol worship. God kinda makes a point of it in making it the first commandment.

The Love that I speak of is taking a back seat to others.

Jesus was all about servitude.

He teaches us to Love our enemies

To turn the other cheek

To care more for the needs of others than for our own

To give up the rat race that is human existence and pick up a cross.

John 13: 12-17 Jesus say this cool quote after he washes his disciples feet:

“Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”

I believe the lies that other things will satisfy me. In America, wow, it is really really easy to get pretty much whatever you want. You could spend a long time searching and wearing out its resources.

I guess we look in all the wrong places.

Jesus is where we are to find our satisfaction and joy, our identity. To delight in Him and living his path, the path that gives up on satisfying yourself. I promise that path is amazing. The path where your feet get cleaner the dirtier you get.

All other ground is sinking sand.

Jesus. Please. Help us to see you. Not us.