"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."
Revelation 3:17-18
The idea that strikes me in these verses is the idea that we don't really know our own situation. We think that we are rich when we are not, and that we can see everything when we absolutely can't. I think of it sort of like we are toddlers glorying in our toys and cowboy outfits, and not realizing at all what is truly valuable.
God counsels us to look to him if we want to be truly rich, and offers us gold and raiment and eyesalve, probably symbolic of being rich in gospel knowledge, temple worthy, and in tune with the spirit or something close to those things. He's trying to prepare us for when we grow up and encounter a world infinitely more real than the one we have known. He wants us to be ready for that life where our toys might not be enough anymore.
Today, let's take a look at what we value in our lives, and measure that against what God values. If there is a wide gap, maybe we should pray and get some help so that we can see more clearly what matters to God, and prioritize those things in our lives... so we can prepare for an eternity that is going to be very different than the life that we now know.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."
Revelation 3:17-18
The idea that strikes me in these verses is the idea that we don't really know our own situation. We think that we are rich when we are not, and that we can see everything when we absolutely can't. I think of it sort of like we are toddlers glorying in our toys and cowboy outfits, and not realizing at all what is truly valuable.
God counsels us to look to him if we want to be truly rich, and offers us gold and raiment and eyesalve, probably symbolic of being rich in gospel knowledge, temple worthy, and in tune with the spirit or something close to those things. He's trying to prepare us for when we grow up and encounter a world infinitely more real than the one we have known. He wants us to be ready for that life where our toys might not be enough anymore.
Today, let's take a look at what we value in our lives, and measure that against what God values. If there is a wide gap, maybe we should pray and get some help so that we can see more clearly what matters to God, and prioritize those things in our lives... so we can prepare for an eternity that is going to be very different than the life that we now know.
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