189. When You’re Battling Worldliness: Isaiah 26:3

The world offers many beautiful gifts—relationships, work, art, and creation itself—but it also tempts us to love those gifts more than the Giver. When our hearts are drawn to possessions, performance, or approval, we risk trading eternal treasure for temporary satisfaction. Jesus reminds us, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). And James warns, “Friendship with the world is enmity with God” (James 4:4). The antidote to worldliness isn’t merely restraint—it’s realignment. Isaiah 26:3 encourages us, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” When we fix our thoughts on Christ and set our hearts on heaven, the grip of worldliness begins to loosen, and peace returns. Fix your eyes upward. Treasure Christ above all.