If a fire threatened your home, what would you consider important to take with you before the fire reached your home? Everybody, I assume, would make sure their family members are safe first, but what else would you pack the car with, given the time to do so? Would family photos and remembrances be packed first? Or would you first take the time to rescue valuables and material items? The items you would choose say a lot about your priorities in life.
Jesus warns us to have our priorities in the right place. In Matthew 16:25 he says, “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Jesus is saying that we shouldn’t hold onto the things of this world tightly, but should instead give our lives to him and trust him with it.
HELPFUL HINT: People tend to put family photos and other significant items in low and easily accessible places. We have learned, from experience with disaster relief, that these items should be stored in secure places instead. For instance, flood waters rise and destroy valuables stored in low and accessible places.
Reluctant Retiree 