Don't waste yourself on an empty promise.

" A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—" Mark 5:25-26 Notice how the woman here for years was only made worse and taken advantage of by the people who were supposed to have been able to help her? She spent everything she had but nothing was made better. It was only until she met Jesus and by his power was she healed. As I meditate on this passage it's apparent how a sinful world sucks people in the same way. The adds on TV will make young woman think "buy all these products so you will look beautiful and then you will be perfect!" But does it make them truly happy and fill them up where they may have been spiritually empty? Or what about men hooked on pornography who often take trips to the store to buy the latest DVD? Which at first may promise so much fulfilment but in the end destroy them and even rob them for their desire for God. Just like the woman they were only made worse by that which they were seeking to be made full. Isaiah 55:2 says... “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance." Jesus is here and ready to save you. Just as the woman in Mark 5 said “If I just touch His garments, I will get well (Mark 5:28)” You can reach out and touch him by calling out to him in prayer. Seek first salvation and fulfillment only through Jesus. Everything else will only sap you of your strength, resources and soul.