My favorite band for the past few years has been Switchfoot. Among their songs, "Gone" is one of my favorites. To me I guess when I think about the lyrics, what I take away from them is how at the end of our life all our money and possessions don't mean anything. How we handled our money and shared our possessions will matter, but all the money we stack and all the nice cars and houses we have has no importance.
If you look at what you buy as unimportant at the end of your life, how does that influence your buying choices? I think that we would be more focused on how what we buy can help others or be used for God's glory.
What are you going to do with that cash? Because possessions don't matter.
Gone - by Switchfoot
She told him she'd rather fix her makeup
Than try to fix what's going on
But the problem keeps on calling
Even with the cellphone gone
She told him that she believes in living
Bigger than she's living now
But her world keeps spinning backwards
And up side down
Don't say so long, and throw yourself wrong
Don't spend today away
Cuz today will soon be
Gone, like yesterday is gone,
Like history is
Gone, just trying to prove me wrong
And pretend like you're immortal
I think this verse shines a great light on how at the beginning of every year we think up a resolution that will drastically change ourselves and the world around us. We have the desire to do these things, but we all know its easier to say something than to do it. We either end up never starting our resolution or stop after a week.
Do your resolutions (not just at the beginning of the year) shout out to people around you that there is more than a promise behind your resolution? That there is someone much greater behind it all that has given you life after death.
What will be left when all is gone?
Do your actions and resolutions have true value that profoundly point to God?
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