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Thursday, July 3,
2008
Adjust Your Priorities
Proverbs 16:11 A just weight and balance
are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (KJV)
The just or justified shall live by
faith; so in order to find the proper balance or rightly divide the word of
truth one needs to hear the Lord for themselves on how to remain justified
on a daily basis in order to do those things that are pleasing in His
sight. What the world says is righteous is often determined by the outward
and not the inward, and what our Lord considers righteous is determined by
the inward and not the outward, the secret hidden man within where our Lord
chooses to operate. When a person is able to see clearly through the eyes
of the Lord it is at that point that they are able to see the one path that
He is asking them to walk this day, right now, the one and only path that
leads to salvation.
Matthew 6:19-21 Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal: (20) But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal: (21) For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also. (KJV)
Moth and rust usually gathers and builds
up on things that are no longer in use, but have been discarded. The reason
these things end up discarded is because you are now off and running,
chasing after something else you think will make you whole. That thief that
has broken into your house and is in the process of stealing, that thief is
spiritual in nature, a fallen one actually, one who has influenced you to
chase after temporal things, and not seek the eternal things of God. So a
new life you told the Lord would be your only treasure is now replaced with
some cheap imitation of the enemy, fool’s gold comes to mind, something
that looks good and glitters on the outside but is worthless on the inside.
Matthew 6:22-24 The light of the body is
the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of
light. (23) But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is
that darkness! (24) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate
the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (KJV)
What happens when a person gets double
vision? Things start to get blurry, unrecognizable and distorted. That path
of life you were once following is gone, out of sight, replaced with some
wide super highway leading to destruction. What you thought would be the so
called light at the end of the tunnel is actually leading you into a darker
realm, like the blind leading the blind and everyone ends up in a ditch. So
whose eyes are you seeing with today, and what is enlightening your path?
Is it truly the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ or is
something else getting more of your attention?
Proverbs 27:19-20 As in water face
answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. (20) Hell and destruction
are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (KJV)
Why does man keep looking to man to find
the answer to salvation when our Lord tells us specifically that all the
true treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Christ? No matter how many
times you look into the water the only reflection you will see is what is
in front of it. No matter how many times you go to mankind and their ways
all you will ever get is a carnal answer to a spiritual question. No matter
how many times you look at situations in your life and try to analyze it
according to your carnal thinking it will never satisfy and provide a
peaceable solution. We have talked this week about the word content, which
godliness with this contentment is great gain. So if you are still more apt
to be treasuring the things of this life and looking to find fulfillment in
this realm you will never be satisfied. However if one chooses and makes it
more of a priority to seek the things of God then they will find the one
true joy and peace, spiritual satisfaction they were looking for. Years ago
a famous rock band sang a song called “I can’t get no satisfaction” which
became a big hit for them and still is. These were people that had all the
fame, fortune, and anything else this fallen world has to offer, and yet
with all that they still didn’t find satisfaction. And how could they when
our Lord said it isn’t in this realm. Sad to say we have many standing in
pulpits preaching a prosperity message that is based on the same premise,
getting people all caught up in a fallen realm instead of the one our Lord
intended for His people to operate in.
James 1:5-8 If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. (6) But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed. (7) For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of
the Lord. (8) A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (KJV)
No man can serve two masters; oh and
don’t forget what happens to a house divided, yeah it takes a tumble as
well. When I think of someone double minded, someone wavering back and
forth it reminds me of someone in a drunken stupor. How quick are you going
to be handing over responsibility or something of importance to someone who
is falling down drunk and staggering around in confusion? Well our Lord
doesn’t consider that a very good place to be in either. Someone that
should be walking by faith is getting a beat down by winds of doctrines of
mankind, choosing temporal over eternal riches. I know for myself I am not
one that enjoys a ride on a ship, especially when there is a storm blowing,
because it can toss one back and forth, let alone make them nauseous.
1 Timothy 6:8-11 And having food and
raiment let us be therewith content. (9) But they that will be rich fall
into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which
drown men in destruction and perdition. (10) For the love of money is the
root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the
faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (11) But thou, O
man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness,
faith, love, patience, meekness. (KJV)
If your vision is distorted and is what
is described as evil then the root of all that stems from the love of
money. Your love for the Lord which is what you pledged to Him in the
beginning of your walk is now growing colder and being replaced with
something else, something that will never satisfy or bring peace. You are
no longer content with food and raiment, the bread of life and the armor of
God, but rather looking elsewhere in a fallen dead realm to find life. In
closing today keep in mind, that which is highly esteemed or a priority
with man, is an abomination in the sight of God. Our Father’s vision is
single, and so are His children’s, those who would rather follow a path
that leads to life, and not some dead end cheap imitation that many are
following to destruction.
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