What are you setting your mind on? It is so easy to get caught up in the cares and anxieties of “normal life.” However Romans 14:17 says, “the kingdom of God is…righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
When we hear “kingdom of God,” our minds tend to think of the future reign of God in the new heavens and new earth. While that is a wonderful aspect of it, the Kingdom of God isn’t just relegated to the future. God’s Kingdom is today!
A kingdom is a jurisdictional area where a king reigns as king! So when Jesus commands us to “seek first the kingdom of God,” He is casting a beautiful vision for our everyday lives. Our lives are not meant to be consumed by anxiety and worry, but rather seeking the will of the King!
What is one of the most valuable treasures that we have? Our time. What we spend our time on both reveals what we love and becomes what we love.
Are we to “follow our heart“ or does our heart follow where we lead it? Nate and Gabe as they unpack the truth that “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
We are all investors — we are all investing our lives into something! The most ideal investment is one that will give you the largest return for the longest amount of time.
What do you see as valuable and does it determine your identity? If we let the Lord search us, often we will find that we place a wrong focus on temporal things - our job, our position, our possessions, even our clothes!
In this guest episode, Dr. Lew Sterrett shares how God used a tragic experience in his early childhood to set his life on a course of finding complete acceptance and approval in His Heavenly Father.