From Bored to Overwhelmed

Do you ever sit around on a Sunday afternoon and think about how you have nothing to do? You start to complain to yourself and maybe your roommates, husband or wife, or children about how bored you are and that you feel like you got nothing to do. Someone might make a joke back saying, "I find something for you to do." But you don't take up their offer because you are not searching for some type of work or even something to to even do. What! I thought you were bored, I thought you were looking for something to do! And here I am offering you something to do and you don't even want to give it a shot...What the heck is wrong with this situation?

Maybe you didn't ever desire something to do, maybe this lethal boredom that you are struggling with is just leading you to look for the next pleasurable kick. Yeah, your right! There is nothing wrong with pleasure, but does the pleasure bring meaning to your life. Do you feel that you have something of worth...and even more that you are someone of worth! Why do we seem to lose the excitement that should come with life? You say, "I thought life is suppose to be like it is in the movies or what I see on TV or what the latest Budweiser ad. Well, I don't really believe life is suppose to be like that, but I mean...don't you...umm, think life should be that exciting...you know, like it is in the movies and stuff."

It's not that you are wrong that life should be exciting like the movies, tv, and even advertisement. What I would propose is that you are shooting too low. The kind of excitement that we can get from The Bourne Identity or 24 is only a glimpse of the excitement that we receive when living a life in and for Jesus Christ.

Not only does Jesus give us a purpose, "For I know the plan I have for you..." (Jeremiah 29:11), but he will take us places that we never dreamed of going. It is not that Jesus satisfies our deepest desires, but he overwhelms them! "Our cups will overflow" (See Psalm 23) in Jesus Christ. We can't possibly even start to grasp the plans He has for us. Maybe this is hard for you to grasp...I understand, I am from the Show-Me state. But I know that when I search in the depths of my heart I find a searching, a longing that has not been answered by solely the path of pleasure and success. Remember the Rolling Stones! "I can't get no satisfaction. What about Bono and U2, "I still haven't found what I am looking for."

But it was the Beatles who got it right, "All we need is Love." But it wasn't what they thought. God is Love! He will overwhelm our deepest desires with this love, if only we start to take a step towards Him. We cannot delay! We must take one little baby step in his direction and then commit our entire lives to Him. His love will pour into our hearts like a mighty river. We will find ourselves refreshed and peaceful! If you have never done this, go into a quiet place, a chapel or your room...wherever and sincerely poor your heart out to God, asking him to be your All in All, to be the Lord of your life and your heart. If you have done this before, do it again...Everyday. There must not be a day go by that we don't turn to our Father in Heaven and ask for His Love to overwhelm our hearts. But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him," (1 Corinthians 2:9)