Have you ever wondered what makes a person function in this dog eat dog world? I believe that we all have a passion for something. Perhaps it is football, politics, work, play, TV, money, etc. I believe also that when our passions overcome our eternal love then we have gone too far. When we become more passionate to some material thing than our fundamental reasons for existence, we have gone too far. Like most of us I had a decision to make earlier this week. Should I watch the presidential debate or should I turn to the local football game? As it turned out both were losers in my opinion. My local team lost again! However, I felt the presidential debate was more important to watch. It was disappointing to see one candidate so prepared with canned responses the person looked as if I were seeing a robot where the other looked as if I were seeing an alien. Neither impressed me so on with the next debate. It occurred to me that they say what we want to hear not what we need. Did I get upset with football or politics this week? No. It is all material things that should not influence our ultimate purposes in life. When we are on our death bed, will we be asking our family who won the game? I don’t think so. We will be hoping for just one more day with our love ones. The time will come for all of us so I say make the most efficient use of your time while you have the time.
I am so excited that I will be off the grid so to speak for a month. Glad to get a break from the politics. Sometimes a change is as good as a vacation. I will take the vacation any day. I will not be publishing any sermon excerpts for the whole month of October. I may publish a few general posts about what I learn during the month but no sermons. You glad?
Anyway, back to my message of love of what? If we are passionate about something, that is okay but when we become obsessed by it that is not okay. We need to stop and do a sanity check on ourselves. After all, we cannot take it with us. Right? (Read 1 Timothy 6:6-17) We came into this world with nothing but our soul in an earthly body and we leave this world with nothing but our soul to be clothed with our heavenly body. Now, some may believe that we cease to exist so we should love what we have now and to hell with anyone else. I for one believe that is farthest from the truth. I believe we should put our love way above any earthly desires. The scripture says love of money is the root of all evil. I believe the love of money or any thing else that separates us from the heavenly master is the root of all evil. I believe grave yards are full of rich people that used money or what it could buy at the expense of others without any regard to eternity. (Read Luke 16) However, I also believe that there are rich people that used money or what it could buy to further the cause of man or woman kind. There is a huge difference. One used money for themselves on this earth whereas the other used money as an instrument of change for others while on this earth. Where do we place our treasures? It is our choice what we love. Choose wisely my friends. Listen to my brief audio below for more on this topic.
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