Random Question

Random Question?

Our lives are pretty crazy. Many of you probably can "amen" that statement, can't you? We each have our tightly packed schedules that we keep, even if my schedule is chaos. I have a friend who color coordinates her calendar! Each of them gets a different color so she can remember who goes where. I have another one that does nothing but chauffeurs, sometimes having 3 games in one night! She can recite exactly when, where, and what she is doing each day of the week! Then you have some people like me, who can't make plans because her calendar is not in front of her, and she can't remember what is going on the next day without looking at it. Are you relating? All of these add up to one truth…life is b-u-s-y!

Is there anything in your schedule right now that you could imagine cutting out or cutting short? … NO???... I am thinking that many of you could not imagine getting rid of anything. Each one is just "too important". Is this true? So here is a random question: What if someone offered you a million dollars, would you take it? Wait…it does come with a couple of strings attached (of course). You have to, for 2 weeks, fit into your day 20 minutes of reading about their products on the internet. Could you do it? OF COURSE YOU WOULD! For a million dollars, there isn't much that we wouldn't do. I believe that almost every single one of us would, without hesitation, be able to find the time to get that done!

So here comes the big question: Are you willing to do the same thing for God?

1 Timothy 6:9-11 " People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. (Who would sign up for that??)

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.(NO THANKS!)

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness."

 

Could it be that money is not everything? Is it true that it will not solve all our problems? We spend so much of our time and energy running after something that promises us happiness, security, and comfort. It's true isn't it? We just determined that we would, most likely, be able to change our crazy schedules around to have those green pieces of paper, even knowing that we can't take any of it with us! Do you realize that even if we are rich, we still die? Money tempts us into thinking that just a little more and you will be happy, or that you won't have worries anymore, or that you will finally be able to relax! The truth is: money is deceitful. And we could put anything into that little equation. Sports for instance. Sports are NOT going to make you happy forever! You will eventually have to quit playing them, with probably a worn out body, in which you will have to spend all your money on anyhow! But yet thousands of us devote all our time and energy trying to get better! We spend countless hours pouring all we have into a game that will be over in a few short years. Then what?

 

What are you building your foundation on? And another very important question, what are you teaching others to build their houses on? You can build it on the foundation of money, sports, friends, etc… you can! For a while it will do really well for you…maybe even years! You will be standing tall and you will feel like everything is perfect and life is just awesome! But what happens when that storm hits (because it will!). What happens when you get that dreaded phone call that there has been an accident or that someone (maybe even you) are sick…really sick. What about a basketball game, or a million dollars, or cards with your friends, could EVER get you through a time like that? A million dollars would NEVER bring a loved one back to life…trust me…I know! Just one more game of basketball will never cure cancer! All the money in the world, can't repair a sports injury completely…I have lived it, it's true!

 

There is only one thing that can ever keep you from sinking…JESUS!

 

It's time for an inventory check. What are you making a god in your life?

 

There is only one true God that will hold you now and embrace you later. Only one true God will NEVER leave you (that means when you die too!). Are you running hard after Him? Or are you stuck in the rut of running hard after something that ends? God is clear…where you place your treasure, there your heart will be. Is your heart with Him?

 

Matthew 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."