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Day twenty-four: God-chasers

I had an interesting conversation with my colleagues today.

We were discussing faith and a few other topics. 
Then the question of what makes me 'think' that Christianity is the 'right' path was put across to me.

In all these, I asked Holy Spirit to give me utterance. (No flesh no flesh!!!)

I will sum up the things I said in this in this way:

But before, I put my thoughts across, I would like to share something I came across over the weekend. I saw these words on a friend's whatsApp status: 

"When God created the fish, HE spoke to the sea, when God created the trees, HE spoke to the earth, but when God created man, HE spoke to Himself. Take a fish out of the water, it will die and when you take a tree off the ground, it will also die. Similarly, when man is disconnected from God, he dies. God is our natural environment. We were created to live in His presence. We must connect to Him because in Him is life. Stay connected to God"

My submission is as follows:

When Daddy(by "Daddy", I mean Our Father, God Almighty) created us, He made us for himself. We were born for intimacy with Daddy. There is a part of every created man that yearns for that intimacy; some recognise it but others are unable to. What separates Christianity from the other God-centred religions is the issue of 'relationship'. 
Our original relationship with Daddy was broken through sin (kindly read the beginning of the Book of Genesis). Now, Jesus Christ came to earth in order to bridge the gap that sin had created and to restore our relationship with Our Source, Daddy. By this is the very part of our lives, our heart, which yearns for the infilling of God satisfied as a result of this renewed relationship. It is this yearning that sometimes causes men to seek completeness from created things...but they do not and cannot satisfy the deep longing like Jesus Christ can. 

Many many many people are seeking God.
Many many many people are chasing after God. 
But, many many many people are chasing Him wrongly.
We are seeking God because we need our hearts and the deep longing filled. 
Men and women and children are consulting spirits and joining religious bodies in order to find that satisfaction.
But they are seeking wrongly.

Look here, darling, Daddy knew that we would be searching for Him.
He knew that we are capable of going the extreme to find Him.
He loves us and for this reason, He came to show us the Way to Him... Jesus Christ.

Listen, He knew that many many many people would arise saying they are Him or they are the way to Him.
But, He sent His Only Son, Jesus Christ to show you and me the way to Him.

Jesus Christ is that Bridge to Daddy.
He IS the only way through Whom we can find the infilling of our deepest longing for intimacy and fellowship with our Source.

Look here, darling, I was a God-chaser as well.
I longed for Him... I still do.
I didn't know that it was because of this deep deep longing for Daddy that I was giving my heart to men because I thought these men could satisfy the deep longing of my heart. They failed.

I did things, I recited prayers and did a number of things thinking that they would help me get closer to Daddy.
But I needed to accept Jesus Christ into my heart before I could find the satisfaction that my heart longed for. 

In accepting Jesus Christ into my heart, I found God.

You are seeking God.
You need Him.
He knows you need Him that is why He says, "Believe in My Son" and find Me.

There is no other way swdy. 
There is no other way.

Baby, give Jesus a chance.
Say yes to Him and be saved.

He loves you.
He longs for intimacy with you just as you do.

Reach out for His hand.
He will catch you.

Love,
Sharing Lfe.
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