The Folly of Living for the World and What the World Has to Give

The eighth great lesson of the year 1917 is the folly of living for the world and what the world has to give. God is always crying, “If then ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is seated on the right hand of God; set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Col. 3:1, 2.) But the events of the present year have been crying it out with a voice of thunder. See how thrones and governments are toppling; see how fortunes are vanishing into thin air; see how forms of governments are changing and passing; see how men are dying; see how homes are going to pieces; see how reputations are tumbling; see how vast armies are passing from the field of honor into the shades of Sheol. Oh, what folly in such days as these to live for money, honor, fame, pleasure, or anything else that belongs to this fast fading mundane sphere. “Seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.” (Col. 3:1,2.)