tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8233055636242432683.post-23870562560634495382008-03-31T15:10:00.001-07:002008-03-31T15:10:32.926-07:00<o:p></o:p><span style=""> </span>Have you ever experienced “Jet lag”?<span style=""> </span>I have, once, on a trip to <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Our plane left Toronto at 6 am and, after 14 hours in the air, we landed just outside Tel Aviv at around 8 am their time. <span style=""> </span>I had not slept on the plane (I did not want to miss anything) and so when we got on the tour bus that morning I was tired!<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>One of my most vivid memories of that first day is simply trying to force my eyes open.<span style=""> </span>As the bus rocked slowly back and forth down the road, the nice, warm sun shone in the window.<span style=""> </span>To make matters worse, my friend Bill was sound asleep and snoring loudly. <span style=""> </span>The first day of that trip was a bit of a blur for a while.<span style=""> </span>It is hard to stay awake and alert when everything around you is encouraging you to relax and sleep through the important stuff.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Unfortunately, I sometimes find myself going through life as if I am sitting on that bus.<span style=""> </span>I am on the journey of a lifetime and yet I can hardly stay awake.<span style=""> </span>My days go by and I really do not know where I am going or why I am here.<span style=""> </span>In other words, I sometimes just float along and do what everyone else does, because that is the easy thing to do.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Recently, though, I have received a couple of “wake up calls”, one of which is a verse that I cannot stop thinking about.<span style=""> </span>Jesus asked, “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (Mark 9:36).<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Jesus warns us that it is entirely possible for someone to be a huge success in one sense and yet be living a life that is not worth living in God’s eyes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I think it is time for me to wake up and make sure that I am living by God’s priorities.<span style=""> </span>How about you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33)<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Look to the Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09350138460012816149noreply@blogger.com