comforts over rated

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Mars Hill Church in Seattle had a blog post recently entitled "

You could have God! And you chose light beer."

This might seem weird for me to say I took much from the article but it was pretty good. There was one line that impaled through my gut that I've heard before but just passed it off. "We worship a Guy who dies in His early 30's. We may not live a long life." That phrase made me realize that Christ not only lived a perfect life but did have a live that was much shorter than I have alway hoped to live. Peter, James and John all had lives cut short and its because they were living a life spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul states the meaning of his life when he greets the church "¹Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, ²which he promised beforehand^E)"> through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh ⁴and was declared to be the Son of God^I)"> in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, ⁵through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ⁶including you who are ^N)"> called to belong to Jesus Christ,"

Why must I sit back back and read this and complain when my air conditioning isn't quite as fast as my neighbors? Don't get me wrong... I love technology, but lets face it, I have perfected the art of complaint and am in desperate need of speaking the Truth all the time to anyone one with ears.
Being Created for the glory of God and not for the pleasure of myself is hard to get over. And I tend to forget that is the case. I pray that I pursue a life of joy glorifyinf Christ rather than joy filling time for 30+ years.

1. I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord;
 no tender voice like thine can peace afford.
Refrain:
 I need thee, O I need thee;
 every hour I need thee;
 O bless me now, my Savior, I come to thee.

2. I need thee every hour; stay thou nearby;
 temptations lose their power when thou art nigh.
 (Refrain)

3. I need thee every hour, in joy or pain;
 come quickly and abide, or life is vain.
 (Refrain)

4. I need thee every hour; teach me thy will;
 and thy rich promises in me fulfill.
 (Refrain)

5. I need thee every hour, most Holy One;
 O make me thine indeed, thou blessed Son.
 (Refrain)