5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.’
We have a lot of stuff here in the US. Resources abound plenty especially for a college educated individual, rising to a senior level in a large company. I don't think by its self there is anything wrong with stuff, but it definitely comes with great risks.
If our stuff becomes what our heart is set on that is where the problem lies. God wants our hearts not our stuff. As he said here he wants too recapture their hearts. Pushing him out of our hearts with our stuff will have an eternal impact.
knut
I picked the same verse you did. Its the easy one, I think. That's a trap that I fall into quickly. I don't mean to. I don't want to.....but all of the sudden, I'm thinking about how I can expand my house, and what the new roof-line would look like, and maybe I could get the overhang to run out over the hot-tub, and then I will need to put in new patio lights, and if I'm doing that i might as well hange a TV under said overhang.....and boom! I'm not thinking about what God's mission is, and what part I need to play in it.
ReplyDeletesad really.
so weak.
but, aware and working on it