Replace

There is nothing Jesus can give you, that will not be better when the world replaces it...

We replace love with sex,
the Holy Spirit with alcohol
Grace with judgement
Mercy with anger
Peace with war and acts of violence
True joy with drugs that only give us a quick fix
We search for significace in the relationships we have,
In the things we own,
Or how much money we make.
Yet in the end we find ourselves empty and still longing,
Longing for that one thing that will satisfy us,
That one thing that will fill us and make us whole.
All of these things are deceptive and seem to bring hapiness,
Yet it eludes us.
We deny the one source that will give us everything,
Because we think it will bind us down.
When all of these previous things are the ones that keep us down,
Keep us searching.
God is the only source that can do it all,
And the only one who knows our true worth
That does not rely on looks or what we do for a living,
But only on His love for us,
And in the long run that is all that matters.