“Let not your heart envy sinners but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.”
- Far too often our desires fall to being like someone who has attained wealth, status, or popularity. Jesus Christ was our only example, and His heart, passion, and purpose was to glorify God. The peace found in glorifying God far outweighs anything else we may attain. We cannot buy or earn peace, joy, or eternity, because they only come through a relationship with Jesus Christ and a commitment and submission to His lordship in our life.
- What will you value most today?
- What are your goals and who do you want to be like?
1 Corinthians 15:19 “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
2 Timothy 4:7-8 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.”