Be Wise

Journey to Holiness: Know, understand and act.

March 21, 2019: Thursday, Second week of Lent

Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Luke 16: 19-31

Every thing in this world is passing. Wealth or power or relationships or popularity - everything is just for a while. Knowing this is one thing, but living by it and making convictions based on it, is completely another. We know it well that what we gain by our effort here, lasts but sometime; still we hold on to them: our titles, our accomplishments, our status, our social image and so on. The Word today reminds us, to face facts. 

It challenges us to begin to understand what we know and act on what we truly understand. If I know nothing in this world lasts forever, I would understand it is not worth giving my life for it. If I understand it is not worth giving my life for something, I would not make that my priority over others. Where does the problem lie? Why am I lost in things that do not really matter? Why is it that I know something but still I live contrary to it?

God alone lasts forever; and what comes from God alone matters truly. Wisdom is when I come to realise that I know this fact and I begin to restructure my life based on that conviction. The greater challenge is to resist the temptation of giving up in between and ape the standards of a lesser order. God alone matters and it is wisdom that helps me understand that.

Holiness tip for today: In God alone, put your trust.