Prioritizing Your Relationship With Christ
Devotional Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV
As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Most times, the urgent things we are most likely concerned about takes over the essential things, and we realized that we had failed in our priorities. We get more focused on the temporary things because our attention get easily drawn to them.
Do you remember those early days when you came to Christ? How it felt like you couldn’t soar any higher until you have prayed and studied the word? Then life took over, and you still loved Jesus, but the blinding excitement of it eventually faded.
On earth, there is constant tension between the temporary and the eternal. This tension is known to God, too. It’s natural and normal to feel this tension. Our hearts should long for the Lord Jesus, and we ought to feel the pangs of yearning for the eternal. At the same time, we need to be busy seeking joy in Christ as we go about the normalcy of today.
We must learn to overcome the tension and cut through the clutter of the temporary. Sit down, be still, and listen to the Holy Spirit as we read the Word and pray. His eternal love never fades; not even the noise of this temporary world can drown it out.
Prayer and Confession
Jesus, I feel tension. Sometimes I have great days, and sometimes I have terrible ones. Teach me and grow me. Give me an awareness of Your presence in me and around me right now. Amen!
Further Reading: Colossians 3:1-3, Matthew 6:33
