Sometimes we all need a reminder about where our life priorities would best be aligned….
While the pressing needs of worldly existence can be a powerful draw, it is not necessarily the best thing for us [spiritually], as a species.
This speaks to bible phrase “26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[a] Is anything worth more than your soul?” [Matthew 16:26]
Psalms 17:14
O Lord, by Your hand save me from such men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life….
Whenever I travel over the ocean, I am always reminded of the seemingly insignificant time we have on this earth. I often imagine dropping a glass of water out the window of the jet into the huge body of water below. The Lord then reminds me that this is how my life is compared to eternity-a mere drop in the ocean.
Yet, every day millions of people will go to work seeking to gain that elusive thing called success. The rewards of this life continue to provide the incentive for 60-hour weeks or the extra weekend away from the family. Sometimes we get entrenched in the message of the world. This message is an appealing, seductive call to sell out eternity for the temporal.
As a Christian businessman, I fell for this for many years until the Lord allowed me to wake up. It took some severe wake-up calls, but they did their job. I’m so grateful the Lord cares enough to give us these wake-up calls. He knows what real life is about. We think we know what it is, only to learn once again that real life is only in what is built on eternity. How does this verse line up with where you are today? Are you building around a world whose reward is in this lifetime, or an eternal one? Do those with whom you associate live in such a way that they demonstrate their reward is not concerning this life? Jesus said to seek first His Kingdom and all these things will be added. Amen.
Dear God-
Please grant me the wisdom to know when I am pursuing the goals of the world, rather than your goals– especially in my current actions and behaviors. I thank you for your guidance, and wish to ensure of keeping my heart in alignment with yours.
I praise you for your wisdom and amazing power to aid me and provide– especially when I am being obedient to your plans for my purpose in the universe.
Amen.
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