What are you chasing for in life? Many people chase after their own dreams and aspirations. They seek a good life, one's that stable, secure and well organized.

Their life goes one everyday without fuss and there's comfort, peace and joy in all that they do.

But are they really really happy?

I guess I'd never know the answer.

I have absolutely no doubt that God is a good God and no matter what we choose, He would still bless and prosper us. However we live in a broken down world and there are so many bad things happening all around us. Lives are lost, children being abandoned and people dying from diseases.

Living a stable, secure life does sound enticing. One doesn't have to worry about what to eat, dress and sleep. There's a constant supply of income and an assurance that you are taken care of.

It all sounds like a good and well thought out plan, until one is being asked, "Where is the God factor?"

In all that one does, where is God? Has God been factored out of the equation? Has God lost His place because one didn't get what he wanted and decides to take things into his own hands?

Nothing wrong desiring a safe, stable and secure life.

But where's God in the plan?

Esau factored God out of his life. Caine ran away from God. Their lives wasn't so bad. They built cities, had kings and all the money that they wanted. But God saw their hearts and their carnal nature.

Jacob received his calling and became Israel. His life wasn't as "perfect" as Esau, but Jacob listened to God and was obedient. Seth and his descendants ran towards God, unlike Caine.

What may seem really "fun" and exciting doesn't mean the best option for me.

Where is God in all that I do, in all that I plan? What is the God factor in my life?

For the longest time possible, I have been denying, avoiding. I wanted out, run away, escape from all these. But I was wrong.

God is a God of second chances. God of new beginnings. Old things have passed away, and He makes all things new.

Doesn't matter what has happened in the past. I am now a new creation and God can and will use me. Doesn't matter what I have been through, He can use those experiences and glorify His name. Doesn't matter what I have done, His blood covers my sins.

But what matters is if I am doing what He wants me to do.

I do not have much to offer, nothing great to sacrifice. All I desire is to have a heart after Jesus. One that is pure.

Its never about me. But its about Him.