There always seems to be something difficult to give up to God. Whether it be a girlfriend, or drugs, anything can keep us from a relationship with our Savior. There are so many things of this world that keep us bound. There are so many things that give us a false sense of reality, hope and love that make us "go with the flow" of the world instead of investigating taboo subjects like the meaning of life or God.

My friend once described bringing God into a discussion amongst non-searchers or unbelievers was like throwing a grenade into the middle of the room. Everyone is so afraid of what the idea of God might truly show of them, and convict in them. Man is so afriad of being inadequate or falling short of being 'good'. God definately sets the standard high. He sets it at Jesus Christ who obeyed God in every way. His was the only true innocent and perfect blood that was ever shed on this Earth.

2 Peter says that the day of the Lord will come as a theif in the night. And by that time it will be all over and there will be no second chances. The devil is at work as we speak. He wants to keep you away from being with Christ and He wants you to eat of the forbidden fruit and "be like God." He wants you to live for the moment, while God wants us to be patient and listen to Him. And the more we analyze the contents of the world the more we long to replace it for God. Christ said anyone who loves the world and anything in it does not have the love of the Father.

Christ also knew the world would hate Him and His followers.

Jesus said," In this world you will have trouble." Regardless of the fact that you follow Christ or do not, suffering is inevitable. I don't know of anyone who has not endured suffering and one of the most unexplainable phenomenons of this world is the problem of pain. There is pain and suffering everywhere we look. We are in trouble. But then this is why I love Christ: He brings us back and gives us the only real hope there is to live and die for, He then says, "But take heart! I have overcome the world." While man lives and suffers pain and trouble, there is still hope to overcome the burdens and anguish of this world, and to have everlasting life, but it is only through the matchless King, Jesus. He has conquered the grave, He has given us the chance to live forever in peace with Him. He has given us the ticket to heaven. He has placed before us the pathway to God and has given us an ultimate meaning to life and holds the key to living abundantly.