Christian relationships - The best things in life - are not really things at all.
What are the most important things life?
And if they are not “things” then what are they?
Is it really wealth or freedom from debt?
Hmmm..That seems to be the focus of many.
Perhaps it just having a steady job these days in the current economy.
Or perhaps it’s acquiring some achievement, a measure of fame or increased popularity with friends.
Or some might feel it would be to have an emotional intimacy with someone very close.
That’s where I’ll stop for a minute. I think all of the things I mention above are quite important, but if I were to answer the question, “what are the most important thing in life,” I’d say it was “relationships.” Think about it.
My answer to that is that the best things in life are founded in “relationships.”
Yes, all things considered, life is all about relationships.
A daily relationship with God would be the priority that puts everything else into order.
Relationships with your family
Then relationships with the people that God places around you.
Okay, now in summary, instead of asking what you or I think is most important, in life what do you think God cares about most?
God cares most about people. Ordinary everyday people. Life is all about people.
People are eternal and God cares about all people.
When I say Christian community kinship, I’m not taking about phoney friendships, or friendhips for the purpose of acquiring some benefit..Where you know a friend is there to cover your back if anything fails. Through relationships with friends - God performs His work, fulfills His plan as one friend ministers to the other friend. From the God appointed relationships comes a safe place and a sense of peace.
God does not need money, or fame. It is His good pleasure for you to have an abiding relationship with Him.
He accepts people as they are. He is not concerned with how you look or the mistakes you’ve made. He accepts anyone and everyone who will ask him for that relationship.
Why is a relationship with God the number one “relationship” you need to consider as the most important thing?
Because the Bible says that God has a plan for your life. That plan is activated by your relationship being restored with Him. His plan will include many good things, gifts and eternal life through His forgiveness.
How important is what you believe?
It’s pretty important. It’s our very own “personal philosophy” that is being shaped by His ability to renew our minds.
Here is a paraphrase of something I read (can’t remember where) but I liked it:
- Our attitude - leads to the daily activitities we perform (or do not perform) or what we take part in.
- The results we achieve produces the lifestyle we live in.
- Our personal philosophy helps produce the attitude we have from day to day.
So then what are the most important things in life?
Life is not about accumulating vast wealth or properties.
God does not need your money and any amount of money will not impress him.
How big your home is, or how expensive your clothes are or even how many years
you have been a member of some Church - will not impress Him.
Remember, when we invest in caring about people rather than caring about “things,”
then you are investing your time in caring about what God cares about most.
Wishing you the very best,
John Alexander
John Alexander is Co-director of Training at search engine optimization workshops with his partner SEO educator Robin Nobles, author of the very first search engine optimization courses online. John is author of the Free SEO Tip of the Day, author of Wordtracker Magic e-books and is part of the Christian brotherhood at Crosslands Church in Newmarket, Ontatrio.
