KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO GOD

KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO GOD




We ALL have desires
In life
WANTS-if you will


The trick is
To be able
To distinguish
Our wants from our NEEDS


It is easy
To get bogged down
With possessions
Like the man
In chapter 12
Of Saint Luke's GOSPEL


Jesus tells a parable
About a rich man
Who has nowhere
To store his crops


“Then he said
'This is what I'll do


I will tear down
My barns
And build bigger ones


And there
I will store up
My surplus grain
And I'll say to myself


“You have plenty of grain
Laid up for many years


Take life easy;
Eat-drink-and be merry'” Luke 12:18-19


Isn't this how it is
In life?


It is so easy
To lose sight of
What is important


And it is NOT material wealth
And riches that is important


It is God=It is YOUR LIFE
It is your family and friends
And it is the church or churches
That you are involved with


DON'T EVER take your life
For granted=
It is=A GIFT FROM GOD
USE IT WISELY


“But God said to him,
'You fool-this very night
Your life will be demanded
Of you;


And the things
You have prepared


To whom
Will they belong?


Thus will it be
For the one
Who stores up treasures


For himself
But is NOT RICH
In what matters to God” Luke 12:20-21


Your life is important
BUT GIVE IT BACK TO GOD


LOVE HIM with your whole heart=
Whole soul=whole mind=and ALL
Your strength


And LOVE your neighbor
As yourself ( the two commandments
As given to us by Jesus in Mark 12:30-31)


WHAT can be more important
In life=than loving others?


In and of itself-to have
An abundance-is NOT bad


But what MATTERS MOST to God-
Unlike the man in the parable


Is that we have
A GENEROUS HEART


Is that we are
READY & willing
To give and to forgive


That we LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY
And that we show KINDNESS
And compassion
To all those in need


“And when you PRAY
Do not keep on babbling
Like pagans


For they think
They will be heard
Because of their many words


DO NOT be like them
For your Father knows
WHAT YOU NEED
Before you ask them” Matthew 6:7-8


Dear Lord-HELP US
TO ALWAYS KNOW what our
TRUE NEEDS ARE


In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman
10-18-15 and 10-18 & 19=2018




Ps INSPIRED BY an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Judy Schueneman