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Seek the Kingdom of Heaven through Contempt of the World

This is the greatest wisdom — to seek the kingdom of heaven through contempt of the world.

  • It is vanity, therefore, to seek and trust in riches that perish.
  • It is vanity also to court honor and to be puffed up with pride.
  • It is vanity to follow the lusts of the body and to desire things for which severe punishment later must come.
  • It is vanity to wish for long life and to care little about a well-spent life.
  • It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provision for things to come.
  • It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides.

    Often recall the proverb: “The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear filled with hearing” (Eccl 1:8).

    Try, moreover, to turn your heart from the love of things visible and bring yourself to things invisible.
    –Thomas à Kempis

    Seek the things of God and of His character and of His kingdom.

    It is a hard battle to say no to the things that this world says are important. The peer pressure is strong to bend and conform. But God will give us the strength to stand up in Him and for Him. Turn your heart toward the love of God and the invisible things that are important in His kingdom.