From the world

Alright, I am going to talk about something that I have probably discussed before but I just want to get it off my chest. There are some phenomenally talented people in this world. As a matter of fact, they are gifted. You can't possibly see that someone that can run 100 meters in under 10 seconds doesn't have a gift. Yes, they are talented but they also have been blessed with a physical gift. There are tons of people out there running, giving it his/her absolute best. BUT, no matter how hard they try, they are NEVER going to run that fast - it is a gift.

Others are dynamic business people. They seem to be able to take a dime and make a million dollars. They seem to be able to tell the exact moment to get in on an investment and the exact moment to get out. Yes, they have studied and applied their knowledge. BUT, they have also been gifted with a mind that can calculate, compute, and comprehend the things necessary to be successful.

There are some in this world with unbelievable beauty - my wife and kids, for example. Yes, they exercise and try to eat correctly and do things to protect what they have, the things that they have been GIVEN. There are lots of people who would love to be beautiful, me, but I look the way I do because this is how GOD has made me.

You may be wondering what this is all about, if there is a meaning, if this is going somewhere. It is. I mention these things because these are the things that people get hung up on, the things that people strive for and lust for. These are the things, freakish abilities, money, beauty, that people lust after and are willing to covet (take from someone else so that they don't have it). Why not seek the things of GOD, which are so much more valuable than any of these things? Satan uses these things to tempt and deceive and destroy our walk with GOD. We get so hung up on chasing and pursuing all the wrong things, while what we should be pursuing is GOD'S purpose, desire, and will for our lives.

I will close with today's word: 1 John 2:16, ESV, reads, "For all that is in the world - the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life - is not from the Father but is from the world."

Be Blessed,
Mickey T