“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?” —Luke 9:25
Jesus’ question is a piercing challenge for us to evaluate our goals and look at what we pursue. It reminds of a picture in a office with the caption, “Who says you can’t take it with you?”, the caption was also wrong: DEAD wrong. And that was the point of the picture! Jesus wants us to ask ourselves what we have really gained if we lose our souls in pursuing things we can’t take with us after we die. Is more stuff, fame, wealth, and power worth losing the only part of us that matters eternally? No, it is not!.