The purpose of my blog.

So, I've been tinkering with the idea of having a blog for a few months now. Honestly, I fought it at first. Because, I don't really know if my thoughts are worth writing down and archiving. But I think that God has really been laying this on my heart to just journal. Whether its what He's doin in my life, or the important things I see transpire around me.

So, God is good. He truly is. In the past months I've grown closer to God than I've ever been before. The things that He has been showing me have been life changing. Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is the idea of "Eternal Significance". Is what I'm doing right here, right now furthering the kingdom of heaven or is it for personal gain. If you think about things like that it tends to color your view a little bit. In writing this blog am I building up the kingdom of God or are these just empty words that I felt like writing down? Everything we do should be for the benefit of the church and the glorification of God.

Something that I believe goes hand in hand with the idea of "eternal significance" is how I spend my money and my time. We talked about this at chapter camp last month and I haven't been able to get past it. I've realized I dont spend my money well. In a my favorite book of all time (Beside the Bible, of course) Francis chan asks the question, are we obsessed with God? I think this video was made specifically for me. It addresses cars. The idea of not buying the "best" for yourself, but channeling those resources to something bigger, something better. Crazy Love video

Its my prayer, every day, that I learn to look at things through a heavenly filter and with every choice I make that I ask myself  "Does this benefit the kingdom, or does it just benefit Jake". Its a definite struggle. Because I really want a nice car, I really want a nice stereo, I really want a nice house. But, whats the point? It does me no good other than to look nice while I'm here on earth. Which in the grand scheme of things is a very short time! My next breath is not promised to me.

Luke 12:16-21
The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
    “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
   “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
    “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”