What is the Main Thing?

Every now and then I read something by Joel Osteen that makes me think what he is doing is really OK. And then I am reminded that the real problem is not that he doesn’t say a lot of good things, but that he misses the more important thing. Even the vital thing.

In his book “Become a Better You,” Joel is very clear in stating over and over again, that the goal of his teaching is to help his readers to become happy, fulfilled, blessed, reaching one’s full potential—the emphasis being one’s own personal happiness. I fear that so many people may be misguided to pursue good and noble things. But miss the main thing. What is the main thing? The goal of every pastor and teacher is this: our objective is to “present every man perfect [mature, complete, finished] in Christ” (Colossians1:28). Someone has rightly said, “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” Success, happiness, prosperity are not the main things. Someone else has said “good” is the greatest enemy of “best.”