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Have you ever felt restless? Maybe you felt anxious. You just not content.

You don't even know what it is. It's just something that's just stirring inside of you.

You know, I think we all have been there. In fact, sometimes we don't even realize it's what it is that we're not content.

We just think there's something more. And we're looking for it. Maybe you're struggling to get that promotion.

You're working hard at work. Me and you've got your eye on that promotion.

You're just going for it. You're getting a little out of balance. You just don't feel satisfied even though you're headed in a right direction.

Or maybe you're at home and you've got children and they're in diapers and you're thinking I'm exhausted.

I need something else. I need something. And you begin looking for it.

You know, a lot of times we can look for things to fill our spaces in all the wrong places.

You know, sometimes we think we need something so we go after it but it can't fill that space that longing to make us content.

You know, the only thing that can fill that space is Jesus. It's God inside of us.

But we're so used to going so fast that we forget what the source of our strength is, the source of our meaning and our purpose.

Because sometimes we try to be the source of our meaning and our purpose.

You know, sometimes we can look to food to fill those spaces.

Some people look to alcohol because it numbs them. Just let me have a break here.

You know, sometimes we are looking for any distraction to cause us to forget what's going on on the inside of us.

You know, it's interesting because social media can be a great distraction.

You can forget all your problems and check out someone else's life.

You can almost live vicariously through them as you're flipping through the pages.

But you know what's interesting about that, it's fun unless you're there for the wrong reasons, unless you're trying to escape your life to find someone else's life, to find meaning and purpose.

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