The Gooch Lane church of Christ is a group of people in Madison, Alabama seeking to study the Bible and put God’s teachings into practice. We’d love to have you join us for Bible study and worship.
All in Priorities
What gets in the way of our relationship with God? What causes relationships with our brethren to break down? In multiple scriptures, Jesus suggests that physical possessions can become a barrier between ourselves, others, and God.
If you had one thing to ask of God, what would it be? It is always difficult asking a question like that because there can often be two answers. There is the actual answer, and then there is the answer we know we ought to give. There can create tension within the answerer—they know (or think they know) what the right answer should be, and though they don’t feel it in their heart, they still may feel compelled to answer the question one way rather than the other.
In Isaiah 55:1 God commands, “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” But how can someone without money buy food? And what kind of food is priced for free? Here, Isaiah is foreshadowing the Gospel that will be ushered in by the coming Messiah.
For many years Christians have sung the old hymn, Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, which is often prefaced by an explanation of what is meant by lower lights. Details vary, but the inspiration for the song centers around a shipwreck that took place in Cleveland Harbor.
Things that seemed so important in the early years of life take on a different perspective as one grows older. One soon realizes that “life” is not the things that held sway over thoughts in the early years; instead, it is primarily the little things that can seem so mundane at the time.
Do you value things that are clean, ordered, stable, and reliable? I would dare say that most people would say that they do. Even those of us who aren’t necessarily the neatest people do find a certain comfort when things are nice and neat and in their place.
