Socrates maintained that the best life, in measure, is apprehended when the soul ponders ultimate beauty in its pure form and when it pursues knowledge of ultimate forms. Others, who believe that human existence and our universe are just “accidental afterthoughts,” leave souls in despair, immersed in purposelessness. If one reads Bertrand Russell summing up life as “unyielding despair,” one starts to ache for meaning and purpose. To find meaning in life, one has to look to the true and living God. He is the God of the living and He gives life purpose and meaning. Life is a sacred gift to be unwrapped everyday with the joy of a child’s birthday.
And Jeanie Allen in “Anything” reminds the reader that our hearts were made to live in and for God. All else, in the end, doesn’t really satisfy. But God is real and His children live with Him now, and afterward forever. Thus He should be our main focus and for, primary love, and foremost joy.
The Bible instructs people to do “all things for the glory of God.” Holy writ notifies the world that in our life, we can have the supreme joy of knowing the Father in a loving, covenant relationship. One cannot have real meaning in this life without the Lord Jesus Christ. Emptiness, loneliness, purposelessness, and despair are the companions of those who do not seek God in Christ. A covenant life with God Almighty brings daily enrichment, enchantment, and a wonder-filled life. Doing all things for the glory of God and enjoying Him brings a splendor-filled zest to the daily delights of nature, employment, motherhood, children, friends, God’s Word, prayer, and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
So say to the Lord: "God, we will do anything. Anything!”
This is the central point of this inspiring volume.
The “Anything” prayer of faith and yielding trust that will empower you to follow hard after God as you find, every day, that God is your enduring joy.
If we truly know a God worth giving anything for, everything changes.
Meaning, purpose, and happiness come when I:
A. Look to God’s word, follow Him and seek to glorify Him alone
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; Luke 14:27).
B. Decide to focus on eternal things (Colossians 3:2).
C. Look for things in my life that need to be changed
(Psalms 119:11).
D. Ask others what my character flaws are in order to mature (Proverbs 15:22).
E. Be amazed about Jesus (Galatians 2:20)!
F. Trust Jesus—believe in Him for all things (John 14:1;
Ephesians 3:20).
G. Pray (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
H. Look to the gospel (Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4).
I. Remember happiness is not Hell (Matthew 25; Revelation 20-22).
"In America, we've learned the art of being verbally passionate but highly unresponsive Christ followers.”
Let us all make God our priority and His will to glorify Him, love Him and love others.
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