What can you live without and what will you leave behind when God calls?Today's Scripture:
These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful thing we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these come from the Father, but all of them come from the world. The world and everything that people want in it are passing away, but the person who does what God wants lives forever.
1 John 2: 16-17
At some time in your life, you've probably been asked a variation of this question: "If your house was on fire and you had three minutes to grab anything what would you save?" Perhaps everyone should ask themselves that question periodically. It helps you center on what is really important in your life - what you know is truly a priority. Think about it now. What would you grab on your way out? Your purse? Your family pictures? Your new name-brand gadget or phone? What about your kids or the family cat or dog? Everyday plenty of people and companies bombard you with their ideas of what's important in your life. They'll tell you that you have to have a great car to show how powerful you are and to keep you comfortable.
You find yourself thinking you have to have certain clothes so you can look great, and better yet, get rid of the imperfections you've always hated in your body-those things that make you different- through simple surgical or less invasive non-surgical enhancements. Buy a fabulous home so you can impress the friends you don't have time to have over. Paint the walls and decorate to impress and then fight to just keep it clean and never really enjoy the fruit of your labor. Again, you know the advertising and marketing routines. They continue to show us what we need, want and desire and then when we achieve them we still come up empty and not happy.
In a world where you are bombarded by fabricated needs, it helps to keep your internal compass on the truth.
Periodically assess your life and discern what's really valued in your life. And remember to invest in what you can take with you in heaven.
Selah people' and friends if you life ended tomorrow, think about what you'd take with you and what intangibles you would leave behind. Keep your life in perspective.
"When it all comes down to the most basic of needs the stuff of the world really doesn't matter. Me we focus on keeping the main thing the main thing which is and always will be Christ Jesus."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston ~ Via mobile: Mount Olive, NC 28365
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