Weekend Review 10.30.11
I heard a story about a guy who put this steel I-beam on the ground that was 140-feet long beam that is 6 inches wide at this construction site. There was a crowd of people around interested in what the man was doing. And the man asked, “Who would walk across this 6-inche beam for $10. Everyone raised their hands. Then he said, “What if it was 160-feet in the air? Who would walk across it for $10? Nobody raised their hand. What about $1,000? Nobody raised their hand. What about $10,000. Nobody raised their hand. Then he said, “What if across that beam I was holding your kids by the feet upside down over the building? Who would walk across it then?” Everyone said, “Yes.” The big question is, “What would you walk across that I-beam for?” I wouldn’t do it for any amount of money. I wouldn’t do it for fame or riches. I wouldn’t do it for anything else besides people! I can think of some people that I’d do this for.
- I’d walk across this beam 6-inches wide, 160 feet in the air for Jesus. If Jesus called me across that beam…He’s given His life for me—I’d do that for Him.
- I’d walk across this beam for my wife & my daughter. I wouldn’t even have to think about it—I’d -walk across it for them.
- I’d do it for my family.
- I’d do it for people in this church & the people in my life!
- If it’s the only way that the gospel would be know & embraced…I’d walk across that 6-inche beam for the lost people in my life!
Who would you walk across that I-beam for? The most important things become crystal clear in hospitals, nursing homes & funeral homes.
It’s sad that it takes the most painful of times for God to get our attention and communicate:
- “It doesn’t matter how much money you make!”
- “It doesn’t matter if you had more degrees than Fahrenheit!”
- “It doesn’t matter where you lived and what kind of car you drove!”
- “It doesn’t matter if you worked 80 hours a week if you’ve got a wrecked marriage, you kids resent you and don’t really know you, and you really have no friends in your life that you have community with.”
Isn’t it amazing how quickly we forget what matters most? The only things that matter are our relationship with God and our relationship with others.
The paradox of our time in history is that we
Have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;
We spend more, but have less;
We buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families;
More conveniences but less time;
We have more degrees but less sense;
More knowledge but less judgment;
More experts, but more problems;
More medicine, but less wellness.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom and hate too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We’ve added years to life, not life to years.
We’ve become big on quantity and short on quality.
We’re big on the latest and greatest and small on the stuff that matters.
We’ve majored in the minors when we should be majoring in the majors.
We’ve got priorities all mixed up, people matter period.
Do the people in your life know that they are a priority? Does your priorities reflect the things you do, the words you say and the investments you make?
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