1 Cor. 7:29-31 says, “but this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none. And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not. And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.”

MANY people believe so much in the things of this world, as if they will be forever. They sleep and wake up thinking of what they would gain from the world. This attitude has made them to run away from God and also failed to realise that the things of this world come and go; that we all came into the world naked and naked shall we return. The fashion of this world has blurred their vision to the numerous evils in the world, thus making them fall prey to the devil that uses the things of this world as a trap to enslave man. Many have been enslaved by what they see. They think, they have come to stay forever in the world, and as a result forget that many before them have come and gone.

In fact, like a stage, individuals will interchangeably play their parts and leave. But there is a world to come, where we shall live forever, where the fashion never changes or passes away. So, if we know that the sorrows, joys, comforts, conveniences, marrying, banqueting and crying will one day pass away, it will make us not to set our hearts upon the things of this world, but to focus on God. This is because if the eye, which is the gate into a man’s heart, does not see, the heart may not conceive. We know that sin first entered into the mind of man through the eye; as such the eye has remained till date the favourite gate of Satan’s allurement. Therefore, if we can keep our eyes away from the things of this world, we would be saved from loving iniquity.

Remember that Adam and Eve were deceived by the devil with what they saw in the Garden of Eden. (Gen 3:1-3).

It was when the woman saw that the fruit was good and pleasant to the eyes that she collected it, ate and gave to the husband and who did eat. Beloved, what we see and eat are objects the devil would want to use to deceive people.

And if you haven’t overcome this deceit of the devil, it means you are under the bondage of Satan. But if you keep your eyes away from the vanities of this world, it shall be well with you.