What is it that you treasure? Think about what you value. Maybe you can rattle off your priorities like a shopping list—God, marriage, family, work, peace—these often top the charts. But do they actually define how you live? Or are there some bottom-dweller items on the list that actually get headliner attention?
If you’re not sure, look at how you spend your time, your money. Consider what you think about, where your mind drifts, what you notice and ponder. When all is said and done, what we actually go after is what truly matters to us.
Motown captured it in “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” If we love it . . . no wind, no rain, no winter’s cold can stop us. That’s just another way to say we all chase what we love. It’s something in the way we’re wired. Be it books, Broadway, or Botox, we pursue what we value.
Recognizing this impulse isn’t a big deal. The trick is getting a handle on how deep it runs and how much it determines what we do. This impulse is so big, it can determine how we respond to Jesus himself.
(Adapted from Rescuing Ambition, pp 18)
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