For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive. Romans 16:18
Despite all the things I know from this world - some of which I wish I had never learned - I am in actuality a very naive man. I can be easily deceived by the smooth talk and flattery of the enemy. That lost little boy inside of me is still searching. On the other hand, the man I am must daily ask the question: Am I serving Christ, or am I serving my own appetites?
How will people remember me? As a smooth talker? Or as a naive follower who would follow anything that promises to feed the emptiness in my soul?
Lord, there is void that I am struggling to identify. Why do I feel so alone when so many people have been placed in my life? Why am I so empty when You have done so much to fill me? Fill the emptiness, Father. I have yet to give it a name, but You know what it is. You were there when it was formed. It broke Your heart to see it. Help me to open my heart to the healing power of Your Spirit.