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The Business of Our Lives

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity.  Proverbs 1:1, 3

 

The great eighteenth-century American preacher Jonathan Edwards wrote this about the Puritans who settled in America: "The practice of religion is not only their business at certain seasons, but the business of their lives."

The Puritans ordered their personal life, worship, church, business affairs, political views, even recreation according to the Bible's commandments. What a contrast to the permissiveness of our day!

Millions today want instant gratification. The whole world seems bent on pleasure, and there is an alarming preoccupation with self. When nations or individuals live only for pleasure, they begin to die morally and spiritually, oblivious to God's will and scornful of His judgment.

The Puritans knew that the life of faith is a struggle. Still, they persevered.

Like these spiritual forefathers, may it be said of us that our faith is "the business of [our] lives."

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.