Made for God

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.  Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand…Whom have I in heaven but You?  And earth has nothing I desire besides You.”  Psalm 73:21-23,25 

 

This is an entry from my journal last year after God had convinced me to give Him all of myself and then was amazing me with Himself: 

 

The more He reveals His love to me, the more I want to please Him and give Him everything.  I’ve come to the point where no other life would be acceptable.  Once you’ve tasted God, nothing compares.  He is beyond our wildest dreams, a great mystery that I want to explore again and again, forever.  Even if I wanted to leave Him, where would I go?  He is the only one with the truth.  He made me for Him.  I am His, His creation and bought on the cross.  We have this idea that we are our own, but how can we be?  God made us.  And He holds the key to our hearts and our satisfaction.  His love is better than life. 

 

The other thing that I’ve thought is that my life is going to happen to me whether I trust God or not, good and bad.  I may as well experience it with Him, with His help, His unfathomable love, peace, and joy.  I was not only created by Him, but for Him.  I cannot be complete without Him.  My heart would be forever broken, and I would be discontent.  I was made to love Him and be loved by Him.  I cannot be content any other way.  I am His. 

    

The nearness of God is my good.  Psa. 73:28 (NASB)