As for Me and My House – Day 14

DAY 14: SETTING OUR SIGHTS ON ETERNITY

1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. 

We are in the land of the dying going to the land of the living. We are not to love the world because it is not our home. The lust of the flesh, the lust of eyes, and pride of life come from the world. God wants us to meditate on Him, to fix our eyes on Him, and to do His will; and we will live forever because He lives forever. Tell Him that you want to set your sights above—on eternity—not here on our temporary living space on earth.

QUESTIONS What causes you to love the world and the things in the world? What will it take for you to love the Father more than this world? What can you do to declare your love for Him right now?

PRAYER Father, I want to love You more than the world. I know it is passing away and I repent of getting too involved in the temporal. I desire to focus on eternal things and to do Your will and to remember that I will have eternal life in You. 

ACTION Declare aloud to Him that you are not of this world. Tell Him you will focus on Him and on eternity and you will do His will. Read 1 John 2:15-17 (above) aloud as a prayer to God.