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Your concept of life matters because it determines how you live your life. If your concept of life is wrong, then the life you live will be wrong in the eyes of God. And many people today have the wrong concept of life.
This world wants us to believe life is about getting lots of stuff. To some degree, we all feed into that idea. That’s because for almost every special occasion, we celebrate by buying things for people.
Jesus said, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions” (Luke 12:15, NASB).
Jesus taught a parable about a man who had the wrong concept of life. According to Jesus, the parable applies to everyone “who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God” (verse 21). The sad truth is that many people who attend and serve in the local church fall into this category Jesus is talking about. God wants to be first in our lives. He wants us to love Him more than we love things and worldly success.
It is not unusual to see or read about people who are rich and famous but who are still searching for fulfillment. They underscore the fact that life is not simply about material wealth. True life comes only through a personal relationship with Christ.
Before we came to Christ, we had a self-focused perspective on life. Everything was about us. Now we must have a Christ-focused life. Furthermore, the Bible says that through Christ, we are translated from death to life. So, it is only through Christ that we can know true life. He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly.
