Isaiah Inman writes, “At dinner my 6-year-old niece turned to her dad & said, ‘Dad, when I grow up, I’m going to marry you.’ I laughed until her mom said to her, “Don’t make the same mistake I did.”
It’s all fun & games until someone gets married. They date, they go nice places, eat good food, enjoy wonderful conversation, can’t think of anyone else they’d rather spend their time with than their beloved. Sometimes, after they’re married one or both starts looking for someone else. Great pain soon follows for everyone involved.
That’s exactly what happens, James says, to believers who turn their affe ctions to the world after having come to Christ. Jesus would like to know today, “Do you truly love Me more than [anything else]?”