The Most Important Thing

If I were to ask you to name the most important thing in your life, most of our minds jump immediately to a person.  A name or a face fills our mind, and probably takes most of our time during the day.  We all have important things that take our time.  Family, jobs, hobbies, duties and more pull at us from every direction.  But we constantly have to choose, to prioritize, what the most important thing is.

The Apostle Paul had many important things in his life, but he knew that undoubtedly that the Gospel was more important than all the others.  He tells these people who are facing suffering that they must focus on the most important thing:  the Gospel!

The gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ, is the one thing that will not will not change in this world.  All other things will rust, rot, or fade, but the glorious news of Christ's death and resurrection will never disappoint.

 Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.  Phil 1:12-14