OCTOBER 14, 2009

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:24

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

QUESTION: What is the most important thing in your life?

As important this question is, i sometimes wonder if i refrain from putting to much serious energy into answering it. Sure, I can answer it with the proper answer, but what really is the real answer? If i am going to be authentic about my life, do i trust that I know what is the most important thing in my life? How would i even determine the answer? How would i know if i am deceiving myself?

Perhaps an indicator of the most important thing in my life is to ask those who observe my life. Maybe they know what is the most important thing in my life through observing my actions. do my actions proclaim what is truly important to me? Can one look at you and they know what is the most important thing in my life?

What in particular about my actions indicate the important thing in my life? Is through an observation of how I devote my resources to the most important thing in life? Is it how i choose to spend most of my time? Do i spend any time reflecting on the most important? Or, what do i spend most of my time reflecting on?

Wouldn't it be a bummer to live one's life thinking that the most important thing in one's life is one particular thing and then discovering at the end of one's life, that one was not truly devoted to it after all?

SCRIPTURE TO PONDER

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:21