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Don’t Settle for Bigger Barns and Smaller Hearts

One thing I know. I was blind but now I see!” (Jn.9:25) – a Healed Man.

One thing I do. I live heavenward” (Phil.3:13) – the Apostle Paul.

One thing I desire of the LORD—to gaze at his beauty” (Ps.27:4) – King David.

One thing is necessary—intimacy and communing with me” (Lk.10:42) – Jesus.

 

Lord Jesus, the older we get the less heart-space, time, and energy we have. Choosing between good, better, and best becomes increasingly important. Free us, and help us choose wisely.

Like the blind man you healed—there’s a lot we don’t know, but there’s one thing that should define us more than anything else—the assurance of our salvation. Jesus, more than “just” healing our spiritual blindness—you also gave us a new heart and a new life, your perfect righteousness and citizenship in heaven. Hallelujah, and thank you. That puts everything else into perspective.

We don’t want to spend the rest of our days dabbling, frittering, and puttering around with many things. Like Paul living heavenward, David gazing at your beauty, and Mary communing with youwe want to live as those who are consumed with one thing.  Jesus, we want to know, love, and serve you with our whole bandwidth, every breath, and our entire being. One Day that’s who we will be forever: why not increasingly so now?

Jesus, may our schedules, joys, and choices demonstrate you are our treasure and hope. None of us will ever wish we’d spent more time resenting and blaming, vexing and fearing, building bigger barns and having smaller hearts. So Very Amen.

 

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