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Can God help me be more fulfilled
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About this time of the year, millions of people make New Year's resolutions. We make them because there is some area of
our lives that we would like to change. We want to stop doing something (overeating, smoking, drinking) and start doing
something else (being a better parent, doing a better job at work, living a healthier lifestyle). Can we find satisfaction
in keeping our resolutions? Maybe, at least we can for awhile. Usually, most people end up breaking their resolutions.
Then what kind of emotions set in? Frustration: "Oh, I can't believe it is January 5, and I am already back to my same old
unhealthy diet." Despair: "I am never going to be able to stop doing that (whatever that may be)." Failure: "Why even try?
There is no way I will ever be able to do it. I'm a loser."
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There is another problem that causes us to feel a lack of satisfaction and fulfillment in our lives. We can't control things.
The storm hits and causes damage to the roof - expensive damage. The interest rates go up and cause that loan to be a little more
stressful to pay off. The boss decides that he is going to give the other person the promotion even though you worked harder and
did better work. Do we wonder if we can ever find true and lasting satisfaction in this kind of a world?
Thank God the answer is a resounding "YES." In Psalm 107:9, God tells us that "he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things."
Here is the catch, but it is a good one. The "good things" God gives us are not the good things we normally are looking for. Certainly God can
give us a good job, the willpower to keep our resolutions, and the good fortune not to have unforeseen accidents come into our lives. However, those
things are minor compared to the real "food" that God gives us. God truly satisfies us and gives us fulfillment in life when he shows us in his Word
that we have a Savior in Jesus
No job, no relationship, no possession, or no person can give us the satisfaction and fulfillment God offers us in Jesus. In Jesus we are assured of
forgiveness of our sins. In Jesus we know that God is our loving Father. In Jesus we are confident that we will be in heaven one day because of what
he has done for us.
Jesus lived and died for you. He has opened heaven to you. Believe in him and find the peace and fulfillment he wants you to have in this life and
in the one to come.
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