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What’s your aspirations ? What are you shooting for ? What do you wanna accomplish before it’s over ? When we were kids, grownups would ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up ?” Well…some of us are “there”, and we still don’t know what we want ! Some of us caught a wave and rode it out pretty well. Some of us didn’t load enough powder, and our shot came up short of our target. Many of us are still scratchin and clawin, tryin to get out the hole we’ve dug for ourselves. Sure…we’ve all made mistakes…who ain’t ?! But when it’s all said and done, what are you and i leavin behind…for the ones coming behind us ? Debt ? A pile o’ bills ? A cool antique ? A house fulla furniture and what-nots ? Motorcycle, hotrod, deer heads, weapons, real estate, vacation home, boat, plane, get-away cabin, … what did we work so hard for so as to leave “it” for our loved ones ? NEWS FLASH … If it was material possessions, it’s gonna be ASHES !! Everything as we see and know it is gonna be laid waste one day ( 2 Peter 3:10 ). So…How does that fact change your way of thinking ? Does it open your eyes a little more as to REALITY and what we can expect ? “Eat, drink and be merry”; right ? “Everybody’s gotta die somehow”; ain’t that what they say ? Maybe that’s what “they” say…but what does God say ? I mean, He created all of us; right ? He also created all the things we see, as well as the things we don’t; right ? ( Genesis 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 11:3 ) He even gives us brains, talents and giftings to come up with new stuff…create marvels and gain success in our endeavors. So, shouldn’t He have a say-so in what we do ? Dont He get a vote as to what we become ? If we’re wanting to become anything worth a flip, shouldn’t we ask Him for help, for guidance, for instructions, for wisdom, for the giftings and talents to make it happen ? I mean…HE IS GOD; ain’t HE !?! Listen to His Spirit through the quill pen of King Solomon…. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge; but he who hates correction is stupid. ( Mama said,”Stupid is as stupid does.”🥴 ). A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a crafty man. A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted” ( Proverbs 12:1-3 ). I don’t hear GOD tellin us that obtaining “stuff” makes us better than anyone else. I don’t hear Him sayin that the more money we make, the better off we’ll be in the end. I didn’t hear Him say the prettier or more handsome gets the grand prize. If the sayin’s true about the “golden rule”… “ He who has the gold, makes the rules”… then GOD is the only one who has the authority to make the rules … since His roads are paved with it ( Revelation 21:21 ) ! A man ( or woman ) that stands out in God’s eyes, loves the discipline of the LORD…obtains his righteousness from his faith in Jesus Christ…and receives the favor of GOD ! THAT’S what we all need to be concerned with ! THAT’S what we all should aspire to ! If we’d all just go back to the basics…to the purpose for which we were created, we wouldn’t be chasing after so many other things like dogs chasing our tails … it’s hopeless !! “You shall not have any other gods before Me” … “You shall not worship anything made” … “Never use My name flippantly” … “ Remember My Sabbath and keep it holy” … ( Exodus 20:3-8 ). We were made to glorify GOD and pass HIM down to those HE places in our path…period ! Instead of chasing that ever-elusive dollar bill, tryin to make it to the top of that ladder ( steppin on whoever gets in our way ), and trying to fill that hole that has no bottom, why not invite Jesus to take that weight off your back and shoulders…and let HIM mold you into the person you were created to be ? “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy-burdened, and I will give you rest.” — Jesus ( Matthew 11:28 )