The Horse and the Cart

If I could only have taught my kids and grandkids ONE thing in their entire lives, I think it would be this…

Jeremiah 9:23-24
“This is what the LORD says: ‘Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to KNOW ME…’”

What if the grade we will receive from God is based:

NOT on our church attendance
NOT on how passionately and uprightly and excellently we did what we’ve been created to do
NOT on how many mission trips we went on or our service in the church
NOT on how friendly we are to all people
NOT on how much money we give to the church or others
NOT on all the kind things we did for others
NOT on how morally we lived
NOT on how well we knew the Bible
NOT on how much we did to serve and better our community
NOT on what kind of spouse or parent we are
NOT on the number of ways we reached out to the less fortunate
NOT on how well respected we are

But on this:
The importance we placed on KNOWING Him…Intimately!

Contrary to popular opinion, He didn’t die to make us nice people.

He didn’t die to get Himself some servants. He’s pretty self sufficient!

HE DIED TO MAKE YOU HIS!

And as His, there’s nothing that you will ever do that will please Him more than having an intimate, one on one, sweet love relationship with Him.
Closer than with any other on earth.

And there’s nothing that would break His heart more than for you to do all the rest but have little to no desire to invest your life in knowing Him.

Did you know that He loves YOU more than ALL the stuff you do? He just wants YOU! He wants your heart. He wants you to become more and more responsive to the way He loves you. That thrills Him just like it thrills your heart for your children to do the same!

All that other stuff will happen…but it will happen as naturally as breathing when we deeply know Him!

ALWAYS remember this:
The horse pulls the cart…NEVER the cart before the horse!

Get this ONE thing right and see if everything else in your life doesn’t fall right into place! Cross my heart! ✝️❤️