Get Your Values Right

Get Your Values Right “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God’s sight.” Luke 16:15 I encounter many people in my ministry, who are running to and fro, and have no time left to even take time to have a meal together with their families. Many of these people think they have found the secret to being successful in their businesses and their family relationships. So often they forget that even though they think they are doing it by themselves, God is still in control and can in an instant take away their "so called success". Disasters such as hurricanes, floods, fires and tornadoes, can destroy all the material wealth people have spent a lifetime accumulating. They think they have their values adjusted to what they want and desire out of life, and ones that make them blend in with the crowd, and make them appear to others that they have it all together. But when our values are centered toward worldly things, and are all a show, so that we will be recognized and respected by the people around us, we could easily be crossing the line as to what God tells us to do. When we get our minds away from God’s values and commands, we are walking on thin ice. God knows our hearts and whether or not our motives for our actions and behavior are reflective of His wishes for us. Many times what we place a value on may make us part of the "in crowd", but is detestable in God’s sight. Today, I want you to ask yourself if you are taking the time to spend with God, and seeking His wisdom as to what His plan is for you, and the values you have established and are following . When you stand before God one day and give an accounting of your life, you want the values that you have followed during your life to be ones that are pleasing in God’s eyes and not men’s eyes. Robert W. Brock My Daily Devotional Volume Seven March 6