Do you watch the news? Do you do this to be informed and aware? Are there any other reasons or side effects? For the reporting of the news includes drama, sensationalism, and a source of outrage. Long ago people had very limited access to information. Since you do not face this limit, are you being a wise consumer of that which is available to you? Do you have an eternal perspective from which to assess the value of the information available to you? You understand that a container must be large enough for its contents.

Do you believe in progress? What do you think it consists of? Does the term make you think of the latest electronic gadget? It began much earlier. The rise of agriculture allowed the development of cities. Mechanized agriculture, fertilizer, and irrigation allowed the development of very large cities. And so population and affluence have grown. What other sorts of progress can you think of? Knowledge has increased, so more things are known, and this information is available to more and more people. What about spiritual progress? Has it kept up with these other areas?

Are you serious about standing fast in the liberty in which I have made you free? To what end? For I also told you to lay down your life and pick up your cross and follow me, to die daily, to be the servant of all. Do these visions seem to be in conflict? There is a resolution that satisfies both conditions. You are indeed called to be a servant of all, and I have given you the liberty to do this. Therefore you should steadfastly oppose any constraint that would interfere with your ability to serve others.

Do you see the practice of your faith as a journey or a destination? Everyone uses the terminology of journey, but does the life you lead reflect this concept more than destination? You accepted certain premises when you first believed. Have you added to these? Have you added things and later reconsidered and let them go? Revelation is the process of revealing. Are you receiving revelation on a regular basis? This is living water and the bread of life that you need for nourishment even as you need food to sustain your body, because man does not live by bread alone.