Where are you at today?

A quick question I pose, before I finish up my testimony tomorrow. It was question stirred up by someone very close to me.

Feeling Empty? Have you ever felt this way?

I know I have.

What do you use to fill the "emptiness" within your own life? Things? Feel Goods? Achievements? Money? Escape? An image? Hope?

In Matthew 16 verse 24-26, Jesus began speaking to his disciples about His soon to be death and betrayal. For our purposes, these are selected verses that Jesus poses to our hearts.

26"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his soul.

Sometimes the emptiness within us is due to the fact that we don't really know who we are? So often we live for numeral uno ... and we can find ourselves leading a life that moves us further away from discovering who we are, what our purpose is, and why we were created.

Jesus says clearly --25"For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it (save it)."

Are you willing to end a chapter in your life of emptiness, for a new chapter to find you, life -- true life, purpose, and completeness? If you want to, its easy, all you have to do is make the choice. I call it "getting lost". If the life your living has no hope, go the opposite way. Jesus chose to go the opposite way, he chose love. If your empty, He welcomes you to "come, and follow Him". He is the way, you will not be disappointed, in fact you'll find fullness of life. So I challenge you, Go the opposite way.

So ask yourself, where are you at today (in your heart)?