Brilliant Moves
This Week's Theme: Success and Significance
Robert Ringer
Sunday, June 3, 2001
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Key Bible Verse: For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it (Mark 8:35).
Bonus Reading:Mark 8:34-38
In my early 20s I was introduced to Harold Hart, whose Wall Street investing had made him a millionaire. One evening I visited Mr. Hart to do a deal.
When I arrived I found him resting in his favorite chair, with servants waiting on him hand and foot. I sat there waiting as he stared blankly into space.
Finally he muttered, "You know, nature has played a great hoax on man. You work all your life, go through an endless number of struggles, play all the petty little games, and if you're lucky you finally make it to the top. Well I made it a long time ago, and you know what? It doesn't mean a damn thing. Nature's made a fool of man and the biggest fool of all is me. Here I sit, in poor health, exhausted from years of playing the game, well aware that time is running out, and I keep asking myself, 'Now what, genius? What's your next brilliant move going to be?' All that time I spent worrying, maneuvering—it was meaningless. Life is nothing but a big hoax. We think we're so important, but the truth is, we're nothing."
—Robert Ringer in Looking Out for #1
Lord, help me to align my goals with Your purposes for me.
Adapted from: Looking Out for #1 (Fawcett, 1985) 1 of 1
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Lord, help me to align my goals with Your purposes for me.
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