"Dear friends, I warn you as "temporary residents and foreigners" to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls."
Do you ever stop and consider your destiny. Do you ever meditate on your pedigree as a Christian?
We are in this world, but we are not of it ...we are aliens... royal ambassadors from another place.
We don't belong here permanently...we are simply on our way home.
Like fish from the ocean placed in a fish bowl, we are restricted, and not in the environment for which we were created.
The problem is if you only focus on your life in the fish bowl, you forget about the ocean. If you only pursue worldly desires, only focus on your daily circles in the bowl, the depression of meaningless, and not belonging, will war against your soul. You will forget the magnificence of the sea, as you are consumed by your preoccupation with plastic plants and painted rocks.
Don't allow yourself to lose your identity. You must remember who you are. Do the things of your homeland. Make church a priority. Faithfully attend a bible study. Sit and read the Word of God, and ponder the truly meaningful things in life. Break the monotony of swimming in circles and remember your destiny.
There are people in this world with empty lives who think this is all there is... They think they were created to swim in circles ... tell them about the vast, magnificent home you are headed for, tell them your Father has prepared a place for them as well ... and then bring them with you.
"Purposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like the cloud upon the mountain's summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever and ever." - Charles Spurgeon
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