God is Enough

I often wonder how much of our spiritual activity boils down to us managing God, instead of seeking Him.  I also wonder which we love more, our dreams for our lives or God's dreams for our lives.  While most of us might quickly say, of course I desire a life that seeks after God and why wouldn't I want to pursue God's dream for my life, the truth is, this is easier spoken out than lived out.

Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales, turned some loose change into a multi-million dollar company that had sold more than fifty million videos, when it all came crashing down with one lawsuit.  Fourteen years worth of introducing kids to God, Jesus and some of the incredible stories found in the Bible went up in smoke.  Phil's dream of continuing to impact kids with the message that God loves them, quickly vanished.

Phil was left to do some serious soul-searching, when he heard a pastor make this statement: "If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you---the dream or Him".

As you strive to love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength, is it because of what He can do for you or because of who He is?  In its purest form, loving God is loving God for God.....nothing more......nothing less.....nothing else.

In Phil's words, "The impact God has planned for us doesn't occur when we're pursuing impact.  It occurs when were pursuing God.  At long last, after a lifetime of striving to serve God, God was enough.  Not God and ministry.  Just God."

This Sunday, we will wrap-up our focus on the Great Commandment, which asks us to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength.  As we pursue this type of love for God, which simply loves God for being God, then our lives will exceed our wildest dreams.  Why?  Because God's love and His dreams will shine brightly through our lives.

See you Sunday.

Pastor Doug