As we continue to read together, there’s a reoccurring theme in the Bible that we see over and over. There’s one truth that we all need to realize and believe in wholeheartedly. That reoccurring theme and truth is that we have one real hope. And that is Jesus.
I have made that trip around the sun over 50 times. Unfortunately, I have trusted myself and placed my hope in my own workings far too long. We live in a world where a man’s value is placed on his wallet and his conquests. His successes and his failures determine his worth. What he achieves determines how high on the “wall of fame” he gets placed. There’s nothing wrong with trusting ourselves, working to make a good living, and to be successful in the eyes of others. The problem is when we allow those to be our driving force.
God wants us to live well. He wants us to be successful. He wants us to motivate others. But he wants us to do that with him being the driving force. Our hope is to be in him. Our guidance should come from him. Our achievements should be through him. When we prioritize our lives like that, we live for his glory, all the while showing others that God should be first in all that we do. He should be first in our personal lives and our public lives. He should be first because he loves us. Always has. Always will.
