November 12

“Do what’s best for # One.” The world’s counsel is that you always weigh your options and do what’s best for yourself. The world’s point of view is a selfish one and we needn’t delve very far into the outcome of such a viewpoint to discover that it has wrought havoc.

Oh, it may make sense upon casual observation. Those who place their own interests above those of everyone else often seem to be ‘sitting pretty.’ They rise like cream to the top. Their financial portfolio is enviable. They take the best vacations. They hobnob with the best people.

But if you could be a fly on the wall, see them in their private moments—when they’re alone or when they’re with those closest to them—you just might see a different picture. You might see a void in the depth of the soul, a despair that has no name, for they have achieved the prize and it leaves them hollow. They’ve tasted the sweetest that life offers and it sours upon consumption.

But the man who follows the scriptural admonition, “Trust the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and be fed” (Psalm 37:3), has the assurance that his needs are met in God! When he places his confidence in Jesus rather than in himself, his best is achieved without ‘besting’ another, for the Lord has enough to distribute true wealth, spiritual treasure, to all!