Things that are weighing you down! “For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2 Can we really aspire to this sort of single-minded focus? Can we learn to value Christ so much that everything else becomes like nothing by comparison? Once, we went on a backpacking trip in the Grand Teton Mountains with a youth group. As we prepared, we learned about priorities. When you have to carry everything on your own back for miles of hiking in high elevations, you get wiser at deciding what matters most. Weve heard that some experienced backpackers will even cut off the handle of their toothbrush to reduce the weight of their pack by another fraction of an ounce. Before we left, I looked around our apartment. I liked my microwave, my books, my piano. But for our adventure in the mountains, all I really needed were the basics of survival. Ten days lugging a tent, sleeping bag and food taught me a lot about how much is nonessential. Sometimes in our walk of following Christ, we get bogged down by the nonessentials. There are plenty of interests, activities or ambitions that feel important. They aren’t necessarily bad things. But they sometimes threaten to crowd out the central purpose of life. When we’re serious about following Christ through the difficult climbs of discipleship, we want to pare down to what matters most: knowing Him and His crucifixion. Think about the backpack of your spiritual life. Are there any non essential things weighing you down?
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:38:19 +0000
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