Wisdom of the Day - What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
Sometimes you will see people giving up their entire lives in order to help someone else. Others will sacrifice their health and wellbeing, for the sake of a sport or a competition. Others will place their families at the table of sacrifice, in order to succeed in business.
But, is it all worth it? In Matthew 26:16 in the Bible, Jesus says the following:
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
What is this all about?
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? (Jesus)
Be careful when it comes to your life. It might be tempting to place the really important in the background, only to reach some other cool goals as well. But, when life comes to an end, it is way more important to prioritize what is really important, than to just succeed with all your secondary goals.
That is why everyone doing leadership training tells you how it is important to set first what is first. Sometimes, it will be easier to do the second or the third most important task first, but if you continuously stop focusing or don't do what is most important, then you will end up failing in the end.
This is one of the most important life tasks we have. What is the most important in your life? What is the area in life where you find it most important to succeed? Will you be satisfied if you have a million dollars, but your family has left you because you didn't care about them or spend any time with them? Or if you believe in the Gospel of Jesus, will it be enough to have been nice on earth, if you didn't trust and follow Jesus here on earth?
It is better to ask yourself those hard questions now... go ahead and do it today.
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