Be on the alert - Luke 11-12

There is so much in these two chapters it is hard to narrow our thoughts to a daily lesson take away point. However, the theme of Jesus' words certainly says, "be ready" or "get your priorities straight." When you think about our present world and social structure we seem to be quite concerned with the mundane and the non-important. Christ's words in these chapters call us to diligence and attentiveness to what really matters in life. You can't read too many of our social network comments to realize we are focused on the useless and concentrating on the futile. Our Lord's words in Luke 11-12 are to get us to look deeper into life and build a life that is "wealthy in God" not rich on self (12:33-34). We spend so much time "alert" and predicting the no vital things of life and worried about them. Just this morning before reading this section I looked at three weather sites to see what the day would be like so i could plan my day. But, Christ tells me to not be so concerned about the weather as about His coming and His business (12:554-56). We need to be on the alert but on the alert for what matters to our Savior and to our God. We are so alert about the trivial and the trite that we miss out on the weighty and the grave. Let's not focus on these treasurers here, but those that matter to God above.