What keeps you going?
Lots of answers to that question. But most often for me that is tied to the purpose that God has given me. He put in my heart some things that cannot be removed. It is the passion to serve those who cannot give anything in return. It is a desire to make a difference in the places where people are struggling.
What stays on my mind?
That question and answer is similar to the first one, but it is different too. Family is one of the most important parts as well as most difficult. I miss those who are far away and long to spend time with them. Julie’s family is a few hundred miles away. My brothers are over 1,000 miles away. Our children are scattered but what a blessing that in the last several weeks we have spent time with each.
The things that consume our minds and hearts are important. Make sure that those things have been filtered through what God loves and cares so deeply about.
I said it earlier this week. God loves people.
That is what stays on my heart heart the most. People.
How do we make sure that stays as vital to us as it does to God?
How do we make sure that we are hearing God speak?
A simple answer that I have shared so many times. I have shared it in e-devotions. I have preached so many sermons about it. Across the office, across the dinner table, walking down the road … I have shared the importance of staying in the Scripture.
Staying in Scripture will keep us hearing from God and caring about what God cares about the most.
1 John 4:9-10 NLT
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
This next week we celebrate Independence Day, our nation’s birthday. It really is not about the land and freedom. It really is about the people who are free.
May celebrate what really matters. And celebrate often!
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