13TH APRIL
Luke 12:15
“And he said to them, ‘Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.’”
Stop and think about what’s important to you!
I think you will agree that there is sometimes a difference between what is important to me and what is really important. I can get so caught up in something that its demands become urgent and begin to squeeze out the really important things in life.
“For one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions,” Jesus said. He knew our tendency to lose sight of the important because of the urgent.
Satan wants to keep you focused on the urgent. He would like nothing better than for you to be always rushing to the next thing. Yet, nothing could be worse for your spiritual life than to be too busy to stop and think about your life.
When you take the time to evaluate what is really important in life and then take stock of your life against those values, you are able to put the first things first. What is more important than the eternal life of that friend? Or is getting home 2 minutes earlier more important that obeying God’s leading to speak to that person who just served you at the checkout? God is reminding you today to balance your life—with his balance, not the world’s crazed rush.
MAKE IT PERSONAL
Consider today: where do you need to be “on your guard”?