You're Full Of It

Day 1.5 and I am already doing another post...crazy I know.  Here we go...

When my daughter was little we would give her a bottle with two ounces in it and as she got older we bumped her to an astonishing three ounces-three whole ounces.  She would drink and when she would get down to the extra ounce, she looked defeated.  She reminded me of “that guy” at the gym who would grunt extra loud on his last set only to fail miserably and look pathetic.  (if you are that guy, I’m just kidding, don’t hit me)  She would try to drink it all and have milk coming out of the corners of her mouth, it would be all over her clothes, and she would just look happy, but defeated.  Sometimes she would finish her three ounces and other times she wouldn’t.  When she was full that last ounce would sometimes be to much and she couldn’t take any more in.  

In my walk with God I have found that when I am full of Christ I do not want anything else.  Nothing else even looks appealing, not even something that looks really good.  (Sorry Bill Cosby but there isn’t always room for jello)  I feel that I am able to do anything He has called me to with reckless abandonment.  God + me = majority right?  Go get em!!!! However, when I am empty or running low so to speak, I find that I am doing my own thing and while I still do my “thank you for this food” prayer, it is borderline meaningless.  Its like the football player who prays after scoring, but cusses and pitches a fit like a baby when he is sacked or missed a pass.  I have on many occasions ruined my testimony because I was empty and not allowing myself to be full of God and His accomplished work on the cross.  

The Bible says in Proverbs 27:7 that when we are full we desire nothing, but when we are empty even something bitter taste sweet.  

What happens is that when we are full of Christ we no longer desire what the world offers- its worthless anyway right?  The reverse of that though is when we are lacking in our relationship with who God is, we will take something bitter and think it is sweet.  More times than not, when I am living in the flesh and not according to the Bible, I make poor choices.  I am more irritable and want to do my own thing because I’m selfish.  The BIble says in John 3 that God needs to be glorified and we should be made less, yet we often think we need more stuff.  My desire is that I would desire Him more and desire the worlds stuff less.  

Basically, be full of Christ and empty yourself of what the world has. 

Thoughts???