Day 212: Is 15:3 - 21:16

Something interesting that I've gotten from this passage is the fact that nothing is permanent. We've been reading throughout this entire book so far that it doesn't matter what's going on right now in any of the nations mentioned, There will come a day when everything is turned upside down. This is such a strong reminder to all of us that the way things are right now may change in a heartbeat, and as different as everything on the outside will be, What is on the inside is what will determine how we handle the changes. It all seems to go back to the book of Ecclesiastes and the concept that we live in a horribly temporal and brief world. The things we work so hard for in the natural will be gone in the blink of an eye, but the treasures that we store up in our hearts will last forever. Instead of being concerned about the money and success that the world can offer us right now, we need to rearrange our focus on the love and salvation that we can offer them.

- Lord, help me to keep my focus on the important things. Help me not to get caught up in the humanistic selfish desires of this world and focus on storing up treasures in heaven. We only get one shot at living here on earth and I want to make my one shot count. -