By Allen White
Do not love
the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh
and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but
is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its
desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:15-17 (ESV)
Someone
said a long time ago, that “if the devil can’t make you bad, he’ll make you
busy.” The world provides a lot of distractions.
This verse
talks about three key areas, that even Jesus was tempted in (Matthew 4): pleasure, prestige and possessions. The King James
Version would call these, “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the
pride of life.” Regardless of what terms you use, these three worldly
distractions surround us every day.
Just look
at television advertising. Every ad draws on at least one of these desires for
pleasure, prestige or possessions. Many car commercials lead you to believe
that the right automobile will give you all three simultaneously. But, if these
three were truly satisfying, then we would be satisfied.
What is at
the top of your list? Are you chasing after things that are “passing away” or
things that are eternal? One day the “new” will wear off of worldly things,
then you will be chasing something else. God wants to give you what “abides
forever.” Chase after Him.
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