The Greatest Treasure
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Rick Warren, and the Scripture is Colossians 3:1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
What is the purpose of life? In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.
God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until we figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either we are in one now, we're just coming out of one, or we're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in our character than our comfort. He is more interested in making our life holy than He is in making our life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness. Believing that our greatest need is to be happy, safe, and fulfilled is all about us, and we believe, deep down, that were entitled to whatever we think we need. God wants to reveal Himself as the greatest treasure the human heart could ever imagine and to draw people into a relationship with Him that utterly delights our souls.
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