Do we settle for less than we should?

Do we settle for a life that is less than what God would have for us?

Do we settle for happiness from this world instead of joy from God?

Quite often, we settle for the stuff of the world, thinking that it is real life, that is something worth having, when in the end, what we are really seeking is a deep, abundant, and amazing life.

And that life is only found in God.  It’s not found any other place.

We settle for the false idols of this world, instead of the Holy, Living God.

We settle for the false life this world offers instead of the real life God wants us to have.

We see someone realize that mistake in Acts 8 this morning:

9 Now a certain man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he was someone great. 10 All of them, from the least to the greatest, listened to him eagerly, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” 11 And they listened eagerly to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. 12 But when they believed Philip, who was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Even Simon himself believed. After being baptized, he stayed constantly with Philip and was amazed when he saw the signs and great miracles that took place.

Even Simon himself believe. And was amazed when he saw these miracles.

This was one that had been peddling a false religion, a false life, a false hope.

And when he was confronted and transformed by the real life of God, instead of the false life he has been offering, he was amazed.

For he saw something real.

He saw something worth having.

He experienced real life.

He was tired of settling for false life and desired to have that real life that comes only from God.

How about us?  Today, are we tired of settling for the false life that the world offers? A world where possessions and status and all these things all are that matters?

Or do we desire something deeper. Something real. Something that can truly give us life.

Something that amazes us.

Today, let’s not settle for the false life the world offers.  Let’s only take the real life found in daily living in Jesus Christ.