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Our Western Culture has changed over the years since I was a kid.  I think probably my grandfather and his grandfather would say the same.  Today you cannot turn on the TV without hearing a message of finding happiness through pleasing and satisfying your wants and desires. 

Yet, for Christians this is the exact opposite of what Paul tells us in Romans will bring us peace and happiness.

Romans 5:1-6

1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;   4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.  5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.  6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

The natural or unsaved man continually is seeking peace and fulfillment through meeting personal desires.  I think that this desire is actually what brings many a man to finally seek God after discovering that nothing else really brings peace and satisfaction.

But I know that I, as a Christian, have fallen into the same thought process at times.  “If only I had____, then things would be easier.  If I just had _____ in the bank then things would go smoother.  Boy, it’s going to be exciting when that shipment from _____ arrives.   We are to be in the world but not of the world.  That can be a challenge at times.  It is easy to fall into the thinking that is prevalent all around us if we are not constantly in God’s word. Read the rest of this entry →