The Bible Verse that Speaks to Me Personally
One of the reasons why I can't deny that the bible is the truth is because a book written thousands of years ago still directly speaks to me and my life today.
I had always been an ambitious guy with a long list of things I wanted to achieve, and I thought that'd fulfill me and make me happy. I mean it definitely did for some time but I always found myself needing more and more and never actually felt fulfilled. In this way, I made many more accomplishments believing the next time would be different and actually ended up doing pretty well in terms of career, money, and reputation. But instead of happiness and satisfaction growing within me, I found that my pride had grown the most. With pride taking up most of my heart's space now, there was no room for love, humility, understanding, forgiveness, or compassion - pretty much all the good things the bible mentions over and over again.
My pride had grown so much that I found myself condemning those who did worse than me, condemning Christains for their "weaknesses" and crying to God, and ultimately began to ignore and rebel against God's Word. I came to believe that if God hadn't been a part of my life, my childhood and youth would have been much better and smooth-sailing. This had not been the case prior to attaining all these accomplishments I've worked hard to achieve. This negative transoformation only began to lead to a path of destruction, which is essentially all paths that do not have God in the centre. A whole slew of problems began to arise such as unhealthy mindset, unhealthy habits, unhealthy relationships, and more. Only after I've been healed and have restored my relationship with God did I realize that everything we all aspire to achieve means nothing if God is not in the centre of it all, because without God, it would ultimately be for self-fulfillment and this will lead to self-destruction. I have once lost my soul, which God has mercifully restored, and I can only confess now with my own lips, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and LOSE HIS SOUL?"
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