As I prepare to leave for Chile in about an hour, I am blown away this morning by a very clear truth: What I spend time and energy accumulating reveals where my heart is. Here's where this truth came from:
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 3:18
Though it is not wrong to be motivated by things like earning earthly money, earthly trophies, or earthly accolades, none of those things should be our sole desire. Once the next raise, or a Super Bowl trophy, or the ultimate promotion becomes our very life, we allow the world to determine our worth. Rather, let's accumulate stuff that can only be purchased from God Himself.
I want to invest in things that will last into eternity. I want to be content with my radiantly white garment purchased with the blood of Jesus. I want Him to heal my eyes so that I see what He sees. This is how I want to go about my life and, right now, how I want to approach and walk with God while in Chile.
May my heart change as I accumulate God's things.
Praying for you, Paul, Carlyn and Manuel, on The Great Adventure!
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