New Thinking // Friday E-Devotion

I praise the Lord that my folks are about to arrive for a visit. We are so blessed to have great family, mine and my wife's family mean the world to us.

But Jesus said something that really rocked my world when I first saw it. This is new thinking:

Matthew 10:37 (nlt) --- If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.

There is no way that God said that. I mean we live in an area where family is seen as real important and to be cherished. Where my wife is from is the first place I saw how big families do big things, like reunions and all go to church together. Family is something we all need.

What Jesus was saying was that our priorities need to be in check. Our eternal relationship with him will last even longer than our relationship with parents and family. He didn't say to walk away from family. Jesus did say that He has to be #1 in our lives.

Remember what Rick Warren today us on the first page of his book "The Purpose Driven Life"? It is not about me. It is all about God. That's new thinking.

My prayer is that our old thinking will become new thinking. That our old ways will become new ways. That our thoughts will be pointed toward and coming from God. New thinking has everything to to do with how we view God. Think about it.

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