“One thing I know. I was blind but now I see!” (Jn.9:25) – a Healed Man.
“One thing I do. I live heavenward” (Phil.3:13) – the Apostle Paul.
“One thing I desire of the LORD—to gaze at his beauty” (Ps.27:4) – King David.
“One thing is necessary—intimacy and communing with me” (Lk.10:42) – Jesus.
Lord Jesus, the world has never been more full of options—things to choose from, places to visit, ways to spend our day, skills, and pesos—hobbies to learn, pastimes to pass the time with, etc. They’re not all bad—not at all, but the quartet of “one-thing-verses” above calls us to some fresh Gospel-intentionality.
Like the blind man you healed—there’s a lot we don’t know, but there’s one thing that should define us more than anything else—the assurance of our salvation. Jesus, more than “just” healing our spiritual blindness—you also gave us a new heart and a new life, your perfect righteousness and citizenship in heaven, a new story and a future that will put AWE into “AWEsome.” Hallelujah, and thank you. This puts everything else into context and perspective.
We don’t want to spend the rest of our days dabbling, frittering, and puttering around with many things. Like Paul living heavenward, David gazing at your beauty, and Mary communing with you—we want to live as those who are consumed with one thing. Jesus, we want to know, love, and serve you with our whole bandwidth, every breath, and entire being. Why not? Why not now?
May our schedules, joys, and choices demonstrate you are our treasure and hope. Not one of us will ever wish we’d spent more time resenting and blaming, vexing and fearing, building bigger barns and having smaller hearts. So Very Amen.
