Fighting And Pursuing
Theres a tissue like veil that separates this life from the next. Every single time I talk about money and we talk about material possessions I think about something. I want to bring that something on stage right quick. This is one of our dogs, Sweetie. Now, as you know, Lisa and I have two other dogs, mull mastiffs with a combined weight of 300 pounds.
Sweetie is a dog that we adopted about a year ago, and we were told she was about four years old. But we took her to our vet and the vet said shes about ten. So, anyway, Sweetie would have been taken out had we not adopted her. Sweetie loves my wife Lisa. Oh my goodness. Im talking about real love here. And dont let the name Sweetie fool you, because she can be a little bit ornery and a little bit mean now and then. A lot of us are like Sweetie when we hear about material possessions.
Let me describe what Im talking about. As I said, Lisas been out of town for the last several nights, and Sweetie often times sleeps in our bed. Well, to keep Sweetie calm and all that, I thought, Well, okay, Im by myself. Ill put Sweetie in the bed with me alone. In the middle of the night Im rolling around, and Sweeties growling at me whenever I move around in the bed.
When I come home, she usually howls at me. Let me see if I can get her to howl. Watch this, Sweetie, Sweetie, (Ed howling). She wont do it. (Dog crying) Shes not doing it good. A lot of us are like this dog. When God starts moving and talking about material possessions, we start growling, and we start howling. Usually when we howl and growl, when we do the Sweetie thing, it means weve got a problem with it. It means possessions have possessed us. It means were so tethered to the temporal that we miss the eternal stuff, we miss building a true net worth on the other side. Ed Young Jr. wish Sweetie would have howled. Man, she didnt do it. One more time, Sweetie. (Ed howling) No? Thats Sweetie Young. Go ahead, Sweetie.
Now, I want to change gears a little bit. As Ive studied this text, its almost like Paul wanted to get one last shot in. Hed been talking about fleeing, hed been talking about following, and fighting and pursuing all of this stuff, and taking hold of eternity and the future.
Sweetie is a dog that we adopted about a year ago, and we were told she was about four years old. But we took her to our vet and the vet said shes about ten. So, anyway, Sweetie would have been taken out had we not adopted her. Sweetie loves my wife Lisa. Oh my goodness. Im talking about real love here. And dont let the name Sweetie fool you, because she can be a little bit ornery and a little bit mean now and then. A lot of us are like Sweetie when we hear about material possessions.
Let me describe what Im talking about. As I said, Lisas been out of town for the last several nights, and Sweetie often times sleeps in our bed. Well, to keep Sweetie calm and all that, I thought, Well, okay, Im by myself. Ill put Sweetie in the bed with me alone. In the middle of the night Im rolling around, and Sweeties growling at me whenever I move around in the bed.
When I come home, she usually howls at me. Let me see if I can get her to howl. Watch this, Sweetie, Sweetie, (Ed howling). She wont do it. (Dog crying) Shes not doing it good. A lot of us are like this dog. When God starts moving and talking about material possessions, we start growling, and we start howling. Usually when we howl and growl, when we do the Sweetie thing, it means weve got a problem with it. It means possessions have possessed us. It means were so tethered to the temporal that we miss the eternal stuff, we miss building a true net worth on the other side. Ed Young Jr. wish Sweetie would have howled. Man, she didnt do it. One more time, Sweetie. (Ed howling) No? Thats Sweetie Young. Go ahead, Sweetie.
Now, I want to change gears a little bit. As Ive studied this text, its almost like Paul wanted to get one last shot in. Hed been talking about fleeing, hed been talking about following, and fighting and pursuing all of this stuff, and taking hold of eternity and the future.
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