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Worlds Apart (for real) / Apr 23, 09:17 PM
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 1 John 3:16
The song “Worlds Apart” by Jars of Clay (which is quite awesome) brought this verse into sharp focus for me. It talks about how he constantly lacks the proper focus on Jesus and that he is always caught in the mix between serving Jesus and regressing to serve himself, often losing.
I know all about this. My life is all about me. When I have the chance to serve someone or God or myself, the overwhelming choice is myself. Thoughts that happen throughout the day are always self-centered. And you know what? I’m folding under the pressure. I can’t make my life work right. I can’t make my own life perfect. I can’t do a whole lot right, at least without putting myself under a bunch of stress. There is so much freedom that Jesus gives where you can be yourself and love yourself and love others because there is only one thing that matters. That Jesus loves me. In that, I am made perfect, and there is no end to what I might give away, because I have all things through Jesus. I can serve and love and live because what I need I already have. Does this all make sense?
Help me, Jesus, to live this out. I am tired. Tired of living for myself, for things that are not satisfying. Help me to see who you are, and what your promises hold.
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