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New Article: The Most Important Fact About You

 

               “God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).

               Over the years, when I have heard lessons about worshipping God in spirit and in truth, the focus has always been on the “in truth” part.  However, if we are ever going to connect with God, we must recognize the spirit part of that phrase.

               We must understand that the most important facts about us have nothing to do with how we look, where we have been, what we do for a living, what we have in the bank or how we grew up.  The most important fact about each of us is that we are spiritual beings.  We have a spirit that will live on when our short time on this earth is over. 

               We spend a lot of time thinking about and working for things that will not last.  We concentrate on the temporary rather than the eternal.  However, God encourages us to rearrange our priorities.  In Matthew 6:33, Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”.  In other words, if we focus on the eternal and trust God, he will provide everything else that we need.

               As speaker Louis Giglio observed, “We are mostly focused on where we are going.  God is mostly focused on who we are becoming”. 

               Your character is more important than your car.  Your relationships are more important than your real estate.  Your faith is more important than your finances.

               Remembering that we are spiritual beings helps us decide what is most important and what is worth our time.

               God is spirit and so are you!

                “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him” (John 3:16-17)

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