Readings:
Psalm 12
Galatians 2:1-10
Focus:
Psalm 12:8: "The wicked parade about, and what is of little worth wins general esteem."
Thousands of years ago when this psalm was written, and now in the twenty-first century, the same thing is true: people value what is not valuable. They place their attention and spend their money on things that will not give lasting satisfaction, yet generation after generation, what is of little worth continues to win general esteem.
Psychologists know better than I do why this is so, why people turn to shallow or short-term pleasure instead of to lasting and worthwhile satisfaction. But behind it all stands God, saying "Come to me, and I will give what you truly seek."
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We do it because we think it's an easier short cut to the good stuff. It just doesn't work.
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