Numero uno?
Top dog?
Big cheese?
The main thing?
What’s yours?
Now, think about it … give it some time, thought.
What is the main focus of your life?
Got an answer for it? If not … keep thinking. If so … keep reading.
To know what is our main thing
is to look at how and where we spend
our time, our money, our energies.
This explanation of what defines our main thing is kinda clear in the Bible. Matthew 6:33 says it straight and to the point:
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.”
Ugh! This is now humbling … agreed?
What I want my main thing to be is Christ.
But, if my main thing is defined by how I spend my time, money and energy, I am not sure that what I might say my main thing is, actually is my main thing.
So, we know the goal … for God to be the main thing in our lives … now, to live it. But, we cannot aim for such a lofty goal in a solo trek. This life isn’t a sprint, but a marathon. So, to make it through the long and winding race of life, we need help.
In Luke 4:1-13, Jesus was alone in the dessert … or was he?
The telling of this event indicates that Jesus went into the desert “full of the Holy Spirit” (V.1). Each time Jesus was tempted by something he humanly might have desired (you know, things that could have become his main things), he replied each time with “it is written:” (v.4, 8, 12). He knew the Word! Therefore we need to know the word!
Keep in communication with God … all throughout your days.
Spend some time each day in the Word.
Aim to make God your (my) main thing.
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