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WHAT REALLY MATTERS

“For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ's return,” Philippians 1:10 NLT. I love this translation of this verse. These simple words: “what really matters,” are powerful, soul cleansing, life-focusing words. They bring to mind a famous quote: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose," Jim Elliot. Jim, a young missionary, who along with his four companions, would lose his life as a martyr when they attempted to reach an unreached, pagan tribe in Ecuador. The entire tribe was later won to Christ by others who followed. Jim and his team understood what really mattered. While everyone around us cowers in fright during this latest world crisis, our role as believers is to remember our purpose and to fulfill it. Light in darkness. Hope in the midst of despair. LORD, help me shine brightly as I reflect Your Glory!

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