Little Red Dot
This morning while re-arranging things on the coffee table, I heard my cat violently scrambling behind me. I turned to find her fervently chasing the reflection of a glass I had picked up. The sun hit it just right and she couldn't resist throwing herself into the wall to capture the uncapturable! For further enticement, I grabbed the laser pointer. Not knowing that I was the one in control of the little red dot, she would wear herself out for as long as I wanted to be entertained.
How many things do we chase after every day, attempting to resolve the unresolvable? Have you ever wondered who is actually controlling that little red dot that we can't seem to resist? King Solomon, the wisest and wealthiest man who ever lived - wrote "Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 2:11).
I know this is not exactly an up-lifting thought.... in and of itself... until one stops to realize that the choice is ours and we can decide what is worth pursuing and what is not. We can pounce on every temptation and seeming opportunities or we can stop and take a good hard look at the situation and evaluate whether or not it's reasonable to do so.
Often, it's not until I reach full exhaustion that I come crawling to God asking if the mountain before me that I've been digging with a spoon is something I should walk away from. If not, I humbly request a shovel. At that point, He usually gives me not only a shovel, but a whole crew to come alongside me. All I had to do was ask!
What is your "red dot"? Fortune? Success? Physique? Education? It's important that these things aren't chased after at the expense of the things that really matter. In the words of Paul the Apostle: "For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:8).
How many things do we chase after every day, attempting to resolve the unresolvable? Have you ever wondered who is actually controlling that little red dot that we can't seem to resist? King Solomon, the wisest and wealthiest man who ever lived - wrote "Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 2:11).
I know this is not exactly an up-lifting thought.... in and of itself... until one stops to realize that the choice is ours and we can decide what is worth pursuing and what is not. We can pounce on every temptation and seeming opportunities or we can stop and take a good hard look at the situation and evaluate whether or not it's reasonable to do so.
Often, it's not until I reach full exhaustion that I come crawling to God asking if the mountain before me that I've been digging with a spoon is something I should walk away from. If not, I humbly request a shovel. At that point, He usually gives me not only a shovel, but a whole crew to come alongside me. All I had to do was ask!
What is your "red dot"? Fortune? Success? Physique? Education? It's important that these things aren't chased after at the expense of the things that really matter. In the words of Paul the Apostle: "For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:8).
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