In 1 Samuel 25:13, there is a story of a time when David is angry with a man because he wouldn't give him any food, but that was not what the cool part of the story is...this is, the Bible says there in verse 13 that David left 200 hundred men with the "stuff" and took 400 to go and get himself some grub(paraphrased). Then if you go on to chapter 30, you will find that David and his men lost everything, their city had been burned to the ground, their families had been taken, everything that they had worked for and fought so hard for, was GONE!
Why??? Cause David and his men were too busy focused on "stuff," we do this all the time!! We focus on "stuff" that does not matter in the light of eternity, we watch and hour of TV instead of spending time in the Word of God and praying, we go to a ballgame instead of going to the house of God, we get so caught up in "stuff" that God becomes the last item on our priority list, next thing you know it, we fall right back into the sin that has held us captive for so long the sin that we thought we were past...we lose all of that spiritual ground that we had gained, all that we fought for is lost...
Thank God for his mercy!! We need to be more like the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5, it said that she suffered many "things" of many physicians, there was a bunch of "stuff" the doctors had tried, there was a bunch of "stuff" that was in her life and rather than focus on the "stuff," she set her eyes on Jesus and determined in her heart that if she could just touch the hem of his garment she would be made whole and because of her faith, she was healed!! She focused on Jesus and not on the "stuff" around her!
So what is it for you "stuff" or Jesus?
God Bless,
Nathan
