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Becoming Whole

Scripture Reading: Romans 8:31-39

Modern society has many “solutions” for unhappiness. For example, a lot of people turn to prestige, love, or various substances to counteract emotional emptiness, but the happiness these things offer soon drains out again. Only God’s transforming power can change someone with a broken spirit into a content Christ follower who understands his or her value.

To find wholeness, a person must start by receiving Jesus Christ as Savior — the sin that stands between them and God has to be removed. Then, with the Holy Spirit’s strength, they will be able to find the courage to confront past disappointments, hurts, and sins that may have contributed to their feeling unworthy of the Lord’s love.

Someone with a sense of wholeness feels satisfied with life. They know that they are loved, which leads to a good self-image and the ability to love others. Hardship is inevitable in this world, but it doesn’t devastate them or cause them to grumble or cast blame. Why? Because the born-again believer knows that God has promised to work everything out for his good:

"We know that God works together in all things for the ultimate good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose. For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified." ~ Romans 8:28-30

In contrast, someone who feels fragmented or empty often has the opposite experience. They may look okay on the outside while struggling within. This can even be the case with Christians who haven’t learned to experience God’s love. In fact, I was a pastor for several decades before I really felt the Father’s love for me; only then did I become truly complete.

The Lord can and will make His love known to believers who ask. And through it comes the wholeness they have been seeking.

~ Excerpt from: https://www.intouch.org/read/magazine/daily-devotions/becoming-whole