In the desert of insignificance you find
people:
Feeding
others; when they themselves are hungry
Giving
out drinks; while being thirsty
Embracing
others; yet longing to be embraced
Providing
for other people’s needs and yet left with needs of their own
Calming
the cries around them and holding back their own tears
Laughing
out loud and crying silently
Surrounded
by people and lonely
Loving
others and longing for love from others
Looking fulfilled and walking empty
What happened? God says not to be selfish, not selfless. You are to help people full, not empty. The desert of insignificance
resides in the heart. It’s an internal condition. It’s about the loss of
significance of the Person. Somehow in all your busyness in life, you somehow
become forgotten and abandoned. While not having denied the needs of others;
your own needs have been left depleted. You have paid sufficient attention to others,
but have practically neglected yourself.
It has left you in a place of emotional
lack. Though you have been fulfilling your life with the busyness of living and
collecting and gathering; a sense of insignificance have emerged in your own
heart.
Busyness, the desire for acceptance, the need to achieve or be accomplished, and the lusts for importance made all your offerings, trinkets, and stuff significant, but NOT YOU.
Busyness, the desire for acceptance, the need to achieve or be accomplished, and the lusts for importance made all your offerings, trinkets, and stuff significant, but NOT YOU.
Most people don’t realize it’s not them, but their
stuff that’s significant until the quicksand is under their feet. The desert of insignificance
is an emotional desert, a wasteland, a place of desertion, and a barren region
in the heart and many go there to either visit or stay. Some visitors meet the Water of Life and return saying:
I had to GO to the desert for a drink of
water
Genuine love makes YOU significant and LOVE is the
water that continually refreshes the heart and the spirit. People can care
about all your toys, your stuff, your trinkets, your beauty, and your offerings,
but not quite make it to caring about you. It may not matter in the beginning,
but eventually it will.
The Desert of Insignificance is a dark place. God wants you to Love others, but not without first realizing his love for you!! God is a God of more than even and wants you to love out of your overflow and not from your lack. God loves you FOR YOU. People sometimes love your stuff and NOT YOU.
If you find yourself IN THE DESERT one day, look for Water of Life to refresh your significance with everlasting Love “for YOU” and not your for what you can to for him (your stuff). God wants to know: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
If you find yourself IN THE DESERT one day, look for Water of Life to refresh your significance with everlasting Love “for YOU” and not your for what you can to for him (your stuff). God wants to know: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
Pensacola Helene
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