Being “Me-Focused”…..

When you see someone who craves physical pleasure, has a obsession for physical things, takes extreme pride in achievements, and seeks significance from possessing things, that person is in love with the world. That person might just be the reflection in your mirror. Your focus is not on God. When we love the world, the love of God is not in us. It’s easy to see why so many people fail at relationships and at their jobs. Being “me-focused” inhibits true maturity. And even more so, it prevents the ability to truly love. It makes all the difference in the world, to live in it, and not be of it. God is the only One Who can help us not only stay grounded, but insulated as well. It’s His Spirit that helps us determine the difference, and live it out.

15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. 1 John 2:15-17