What Really Matters?

Are you facing difficult situations where there is no clear guidance? Friends can offer only so much advice and comfort but sometimes lack firm direction. Or does it seem that simple questions only results in more unanswered questions leaving you overwhelmed and confused?

You may try to sift through what is urgent and what can wait but everything seems to bear down on your shoulders with equal pressure. Every day life demands a response. Soon you are left with no strength and wonder: What really matters?

The Apostle Paul writes to the Philippians 1:10, “For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ's return” (NLT).

The word ‘understand’ in the original means to prove, test and examine. And nothing more will be tested in this life than our faith in Christ.

Peter writes, That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ” (I Peter 1:7).

Above all the things we believe are important, urgent and need our attention immediately is that we learn to trust in the Lord at all times. When we learn to trust Him and not lean on our own limited understanding, our paths will be straight. In other words, because we trust Him, God knows best to bring order to our day and gives us strength and wisdom to respond to the demands placed on us.

So what really matters?

Believing God is able to do just as He promised. Though our faith may be tried it will only result in praise and honor to Jesus Christ.

For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! (2 Corinthians 4:17, NLT).