My Journal and Diary
2020
December
Saturday, December 12th, 2020
Jumbled Priorities
Are you ever tempted to envy those who have more than you? Sometimes we look at rich people, and find ourselves idolizing their status, their wealth, or their power, but this is a dangerous trap! Many times their apparent blessings come with a terrible cost. David warns us from envying the wicked, comparing their momentary flash of fame and prosperity to the grass, which soon fades and withers.
It comes from getting our priorities backwards. You see, the grass which grows in the ground is of this earth. Like everything on this earth, it is temporary, limited by time. But our eyes should be on eternal things.
Many times I fool myself into thinking that the desires of my heart are earthly pleasures. Then, when I compare my state with those around me, I may feel jealousy or frustration that I don't have these things.
But the real desires of my heart, those things deep within me, are exactly what I can find when I wait on God. When I am meek, and when I refrain from anger, then I will find fulfillment and enjoy the true pleasures of this earth. If I do not worry, but trust that God will act, then he will vindicate me, and cause my life to shine like the light of the sun.
So do not focus on these evil people nor their apparent prosperity, but instead focus on God, and his rewards. When we take delight in Him, he will multiply our blessings and he will protect us, and promote us.
Dear Lord, give us insight to see our heart as you do, courage to lay it in your hands, and faith to follow where you lead.
Amen