{"id":4083,"date":"2018-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:59:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:59:46","slug":"grasping-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/05\/grasping-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"GRASPING THE WIND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Matthew 16:26&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cFor what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pursuing the world is grasping the wind. All the pursuits of human pleasures and self-centered ambitions are like chasing the wind. There is nothing to show for it at the end of the day. Why would I give my all to chase that which I cannot keep? Why would I give all my effort into pursuing that, which becomes harmful to my eternal destiny?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The welfare of my soul must always be my priority in life. This may sound selfish, but a measure of selfishness is required for survival. I will be selfish and not grasp the wind. While men are selfishly pursuing the material emptiness that evaporates at the Dawn Of Eternity, I must pursue the spiritual wellbeing of my soul, which brings pleasures and blessings that remain forever. What can I give in exchange for my eternal destination? Nothing. Nothing on earth has value enough for me to exchange my eternal wellbeing. I will be selfish enough not to pursue the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHelp me practice this limited spiritual selfishness, Lord. I don\u2019t want to accept the world\u2019s system of vanity that leaves me empty and clutching nothing. Help me focus on what counts for eternity, O God, in Jesus name. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 16:26&nbsp; \u201cFor what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?\u201d Pursuing the world is grasping the wind. All the pursuits of human pleasures and self-centered ambitions are like chasing the wind. There is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-matthew"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Matthew.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4085,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083\/revisions\/4085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}