In my last post I wrote about the cares and worries of life. This week I’ll take a look at the pleasures
of life.
What about the pleasures of life? There is so much fun stuff to do in the world
that there is no time to do it all.
There are trips to plan and adventures to be had, hobbies to learn and
gear to buy. These things may all be
good in themselves but they are yet another distraction to our busy lives. I play the drums and the other day I read an
advertisement for a company selling drumsticks.
They bragged that they had over 200 models of drumsticks to offer
consumers. Drumsticks are a piece of
wood used to hit drums. How complicated
can it be that we need over 200 models from one company to fulfill all our
needs?
I think this is a principle that is applied to society as a
whole. We are simply overwhelmed with
choices and hobbies and specialized gear.
We think we cannot do anything without analyzing the infinite choices
and specialities out there and then buying the best we can afford before we
even try to do something healthy and fun.
The internet has ushered in the information age and we’re so overwhelmed
with information that we hardly know what to do with ourselves. We spend more
time thinking about the pleasures of life and what we might do, than actually
doing it.
With God, we can
do all that we need to do, yet have our priorities in the right place and
accomplish what God wants us to accomplish and what is meaningful. If you aim at nothing you’ll hit it every
time. We need goals and dreams and
vision to serve God! That is where
lasting fruit will come. Matthew 6:33 “But
seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these other things
will be added to you.”