If
a child does not receive the fulfillment of his/her legitimate human needs,
they will look for people in their adulthood to meet them. Belonging,
significance, acceptance, identity and security are the major psychological and
emotional necessities in every human soul.
Our
emotionally wounded parents were unable to provide these for us. As adults, we
search in vain for our perfect soulmate, who has the limitless resources to
make up for the deprivation from our past. In search of our fulfillment, we get
too involved in earthly pursuits and change partners too often.
Those
we reject suffer deep emotional scars, which are almost impossible to heal. As
individuals, we attempt to perfect our personality and performance in order to
find our personal worth through our human qualities, talents, intelligence, and
physical assets.
The
problem is that no one is capable of perfection. The key to our fulfillment on
this earth is to realize that our true personal worth comes from our
relationship with our supreme God and Father (Philippians 4:19). Only He provides us
with a secure sense of belonging. We can trust Him and have no fear of His
rejecting us for any reason.
If
we cling to our deficiencies, rather than surrendering it all to God, we erect
an idol, which we continue to “worship”. We allow Satan and our flesh to
deceive us, which continues to cripple us. However, when we completely
surrender all of our needs to God, He will meet them in His way and timing.
Prayer:
Father
God, our freedom comes only as we surrender every aspect of our life to You. As
long as we focus on what we lack, we continue to worship idols. Once we take
our mind off our needs, and put it on worshipping and serving you, we suddenly
discover that we are living a very fulfilling life. Remind us to commit our
life to You, because then Jesus heals us and we are totally set free from
emotional and psychological hindrances (John 8:32; Psalm 37:5). We enjoy mental,
emotional and spiritual freedom, which only comes by learning to find our
contentment in You (Philippians
4:11-13).
Thought
for the Day:
In
truth, complete fulfillment only comes when Christ is our whole life. -
Colossians 3:4
