I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me?... Is that so?

Philippians 4:11-13-11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Want to know what I have realized in life? Everyone quotes verse 13 and they are not even in a situation where they have run out of all of their own strength to even draw from the strength of God.

Wanna know what we ask God strength for? To apologize to someone who we feel doesn't treat us right. Or strength to pass an interview for a job. Or strength to get over a common cold. Strength to stop being upset about something.

Petty, small things that take humility not the strength of God. Why do we do that? Why do we quote scriptures so lightly? Why do people say "I am content, I know how to be with plenty and how to be without" when they have never been without? They have never been hungry to the point of insanity. People ask for strength when they have never been weak?

People say they have seen God move in someone else life but not their own, they only know God from someone else point of view. There is no personal relationship. They just have the knowledge of God and not connection. They talk and talk and talk TO God... and don't talk WITH God, meaning an actual conversation.

Who are we kidding. Do you think that you can stand before God at the end of the race and you know how to respond in His presence or will you look at Him as if it's the first time you have met Him? Or even, will He look at you as if He doesn't know you?

Out of anything in my life right now, I don't want LOVE, I don't want MONEY, I don't want FUN, I don't want FAME, I don't want MATERIAL THINGS, I want to be in the WILL OF GOD. I want MY FAMILY to be together, so we can run this race together.

Life narrows down to 2 THINGS when death is waiting to consume us... GOD and FAMILY. When people lay on their death bed, they aren't asking for their car, their money, their house... THEY ASK FOR THEIR FAMILY AND THEN THEY WANT GOD.

What is driving you? Stop and ask yourself that? What is pushing you forward in life? What is the driving force behind your passion? Is it success, religion even? Money, insecurity???

Think about it, examine your heart...