Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:7-8
“If our values have not been converted, we have not been converted. Valuing what God values shapes us and directs us. In naming Christ as Lord we honor ourselves. As a second-century Christian put it, “Whatever you honor most will rule you. Honor what is best that you may be governed by what is best.” People render themselves worthless by investing their lives in worthless things.”
Klyne R. Snodgrass in Who God Says You Are: A Christian Understanding of Identity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018). And I hope you like the new header photo of a spring sunset over the foothills here in Colorado.
At GTP, in Journey of Empowerment we talk about the fact that most people don’t make an impact in their context because they are conforming to the values of society rather than living out the values of their Christian identity.
Are you investing yourself and the money you steward in keeping with your values? As my friend, Michael Blue says, you should not be thinking about the next 30 years but about the next 30 million years.
You will reap at that time what you have sown today. Name the worthless things that you are tempted to invest in. Do this to make a change that starts today. Sow generously in keeping with your Christian values.