FILLING MY LIFE WITH THE RIGHT THINGS

Have you ever watched a helium balloon rising above the power lines and drifting off into the sky?

If you blow air into a regular balloon it will fall, hit the grass or fence and burst. Fill the balloon with water and the instant you let go, it will hit the ground and burst. When you take the very same balloon and fill it with helium it responds in a different way.

There is only one item that will allow the balloon to sore high in the sky. It is the lightest gas called Helium. This gas is lighter than air. Since it is so light, when it is added to a balloon or airship they easily raise higher and higher. Helium will condense hydrogen and oxygen and is also used for making rocket fuel.

It seems to be our human nature to desire to rise above the crowd, climb new heights, and go where no one has ever been. We want to sore with the eagles but how can we when we are hanging with the buzzards.

My life is like this balloon. Filled with all the wrong things, I will not get the results I am looking for. I can fill my life with entertainment and lots of new items but when I lay down at night it's like the balloon hitting the ground. It pops and many times the joy is gone.

The only way to get the joy back is to keep returning and refilling my life with the same things, entertainment and new items.

Real joy and peace comes when I fill my life with the right things. The Lord desires for me to rise to new heights.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.(Matthew 11:28-30)

The scripture says, "if we wait on the Lord and let him be the one that renews our strength, we will mount up with wings as eagles."

You now understand what happens when you are filled with worldliness. You will not desire all the worldly things you once did. Your desires will be to wait until the Holy Spirit passes your way and fills your life abundantly.

Why settle for second best when you can have the very best?

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (II Corinthians 3:17)