1 Corinthians 13:3
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ.
Yeah I know, "three scriptures today"....I wanted to really make sure I covered as many of the bases I could because it being a time for gaining can be misinterpreted so I wanted people to know I am for some gain as the Bible is, and others....well....look at this picture: Funny or is it really that the BROAD ST (or broad road, or broad path...the one that leads to destruction) is right next to or intersects with WALL ST? So let me just jump right in, do you spend more time on E-Trader or watching the NASDAQ than you do actually studying your Bible? Do you care more about your gains in this world, or does it really look like you are storing your treasures in heaven by how you treat people down here?
Paul was really onto something as it relates to our busyness and how at the end of the day if none of it is done "with and In" love you really have done and gained NOTHING. How did your co-workers, your kids, your wife, your family members, your neighbors KNOW that you loved them yesterday? See....this is why we should be humbled knowing we dropped the ball, you're reading this blog, and GOD has yet given you today, a gift called the "present" to try again.
In Philippians, it essentially says if you aren't gaining CHRIST, if you not trading in your selfish time, selfish motives, your selfish gathering of stuff and spending more time with Christ, doing Christlike things, just loving people as Christ did....it's (whatever you're doing, or pouring yourself into) all worthless.
Here's my challenge to you....look at your schedule today. Really look at it! Do you have penciled in devotion if not this blog can serve as it. Make sure you pray about what GOD is saying to you through this. NEXT, do you have underscored in all that your are doing today: loving people? I challenge you to make that happen no matter where you go, that people can feel you actually care about them. This may mean you asking the cashier how are you doing in such a way he/she pauses...it may even mean you asking "Is there anything I can be in prayer for you about?" LASTLY spend time at the end of the day thanking GOD for all of the divine appointments you filled today. LGLP (not because it's Valentines Day, but because we are commanded to do this EVERYDAY! - This is essentially how YOU change the world.)
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