Day 16
Principle: Nothing outside of God’s promises and desires for us will bring the satisfaction we crave.
Have you been seduced by life? All of us have!
A young boy in South Africa once swapped a costly diamond for a few toy soldiers. He was ignorant of what he had. Satan, the enemy of our soul, trifled away his own eternal value and now attempts to devalue as many other eternal beings as possible. Once known as Lucifer, the anointed worship leader of Heaven traded the priceless for the meaningless, when the love of God was all he would ever need.
In the end, there is no secret in our heart that our conduct will not reveal. In the beginning, charisma might get you going, but it will take character to keep you going. Though character may be seen in the great moments of our lives, it is formed in the small ones. The real limitations in our lives are only in us and in our character, never in the heart of a loving God. He will gladly fulfill our heart’s desire once we fully embrace what is on His heart for us.
Though we are all seduced and distracted by the temporary pleasures of earth, “eternity is in our hearts,” and nothing else will satisfy. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) Nothing outside of God’s promises and desires for us will bring the satisfaction we crave.
My father had everything anyone could ask for—wealth, fame, family—yet without God what he sought after never fulfilled him. I refuse to pass on the lie. By God’s grace, the curse has been broken.
Resolve to pass on the blessing of wealth that cannot be taken away—the eternal riches that cannot be seduced.
- As you look through the lens of John 10:10, what does abundant living look like to you?
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