Let me ask you a few questions. If something were to happen to you, what would you want people to say about your life? How would you want to have impacted the people around you? What kind of legacy do you want to leave? Unfortunately, I feel like we don’t think about these questions enough. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the things on earth that demand so much of our attention. Whether it’s trying to get ahead in our career, checking things off our to-do list, buying all the things we want, or scrolling through social media and comparing ourselves to the people in the pictures…are those the things you want to see when you look back on your life and think about how you spent your time?
Read MoreUnfortunately, our default setting as human beings is to focus on ourselves. We think about ourselves. We talk about ourselves. We redirect conversations so they’re about us. We’re such a self-focused bunch of people. But that’s not what we’re called or commanded to be according to Scripture. Instead, we’re supposed to be selfless like Jesus was. As Paul states in the book of Philippians, we are supposed to focus on the interests of others, not just our own.
Read MoreUnfortunately, our default setting as human beings is to focus on ourselves. We think about ourselves. We talk about ourselves. We redirect conversations so they’re about us. We’re such a self-focused bunch of people. But that’s not what we’re called or commanded to be according to Scripture. Instead, we’re supposed to be selfless like Jesus was. As Paul states in the book of Philippians, we are supposed to focus on the interests of others, not just our own.
Read MoreLet me ask you a few questions. If something were to happen to you, what would you want people to say about your life? How would you want to have impacted the people around you? What kind of legacy do you want to leave? Unfortunately, I feel like we don’t think about these questions enough. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the things on earth that demand so much of our attention. Whether it’s trying to get ahead in our career, checking things off our to-do list, buying all the things we want, or scrolling through social media and comparing ourselves to the people in the pictures…are those the things you want to see when you look back on your life and think about how you spent your time?
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