Biblical Values (R&W 6)

Roots and Wings 6 - Biblical Values

Our Human Weakness is that we are going with the flow
Ecc1:4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,but the earth remains forever.5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down,and hastens [1] to the place where it rises.6 The wind blows to the southand goes around to the north;around and around goes the wind,and on its circuits the wind returns.7 All streams run to the sea,but the sea is not full;to the place where the streams flow,there they flow again.8 All things are full of weariness;a man cannot utter it;the eye is not satisfied with seeing,nor the ear filled with hearing.9 What has been is what will be,and what has been done is what will be done,and there is nothing new under the sun.10 Is there a thing of which it is said,“See, this is new”?It has been alreadyin the ages before us.11 There is no remembrance of former things, [2]nor will there be any remembranceof later things [3] yet to beamong those who come after.

As a result, the problem becomes that we live a life of "switched price tags"
Luke 9:24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

We need a radical re-orientation, that is setting our minds on things above
Col 3:1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

The critical need is for us to make wise choices
John 21:15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

So that we can live a empowered life lke new wines and new wineskins
Luke 5:36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”