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An article in the Chicago Tribune told the story of a man who was walking along and decided to take a shortcut across the Tri-State Freeway. He got to the middle of the freeway when his hat blew off. As he turned around and reached back for it, he was struck by oncoming traffic and killed instantly. The last sentence of that article read, “It’s amazing how you can lose everything chasing nothing.”
You know, have you ever stopped to think about what it is you’re chasing with your life? The price you’re paying for it. I’m Mark Evans, pastor of the Church at Rock Creek. You know, maybe it’s time to think in new ways about the direction of your life. Maybe it’s time to stop chasing and start focusing your life. Think about what it is you’re always running after in your life. In the bible, Solomon has a lot to say about how easy it is for us to get caught up in meaningless pursuits with our time. You know, how easy it is to get distracted with your life. You know, in fact the entire bible has a theme that runs through it, from cover to cover, that basically says focus on what really matters with your life. It comes time when you have to stop being distracted by what’s not important, when you have to decide what it is in your life that matters most. Because when you focus on what really matters you will find that happiness will soon follow.
