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King of Your World
by Jerry Ousley King of Your World By Jerry D. Ousley The world begins at 6:00 a.m. for many of us. Get the kids up and ready for school then it's "Hi Ho, Hi Ho," and off to work we go, flying down the road so we won't be late! For many of the ladies after work it's another quick trip to pick up the kids, get home, fix supper, take baths and fall into bed so you can get up the next day and do it all over again. The men have to race to run errands before everything closes up for the day. And then there are all those endless school activities we feel compelled to participate in and support so our children will turn out to be "good citizens . . . " We do this routine five and six days a week trying to make a living for our families so we can have nice things that we never really seem to have time to enjoy. We mow our lawns and we realize that we only walk on them when we are mowing. We pay taxes so our Government can spend the money on things that don't make much sense. And so we go on slaving everyday, being a "middle class" citizen who is footing the bill for all this stuff that we think gives us that dream life we always wanted! We work day by day looking forward to the time when we can finally retire and enjoy life only to have a heart attack or other major disease, then have our kids put us in a nursing home where we'll spend the remainder of our days until this life is finally over. When we look at life like this, when we see the world that each one of us has made for ourselves, sometimes it seems senseless and useless. Why do it at all? Many have thought these very thoughts and just given up or felt compelled to commit suicide. It's an awful and tragic ending to what may seem like a trap of life that is un-escapable any other way. But I want to share something with you that I pray will inspire hope and peace in each of our lives. I don't have any simple solutions to the dilemma I have described but I do know that Jesus Christ wants to get involved in each of our worlds. We've heard it over and over but I want to tell you that Jesus really wants to be the King of your world! He really wants to give you peace in the middle of that raging storm that we call "life." Coming to Jesus, going to church, amongst other things we associate with Christians are not just ploys to demand your time and resources but can be and should be the one thing that holds it all together and brings to life that fulfillment we so desperately need. He has made it easy for us to come to Him today. Just ask Him. He'll do it. Make Him King of your world. Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |