Do you recognize the name Ed Roberts? Do an internet search for "Ed Roberts Computer". You might be very surprised at what you find. In the mid 1970's, Ed Roberts created the world's first commercially successful personal computer. He hired a 19 year old named Bill Gates to write software for him.
Roberts sold his computer business in 1977 and bought a farm. Seven years later, at age 41, he entered medical school. Today Bill Gates is the head of the largest computer software company in the world. Ed Roberts was a physician in a small Georgia town until he passed away in 2010.
During an interview, Roberts said, "People are always assuming that the PC (personal computer) was the most important thing I've ever done. That's just not true. Every day I deal with things that are far more important here with my patients."
How can we evaluate the significance of our lives? Something deep inside tells us such a thing cannot be measured by wealth and fame.
As we look at the apostle Paul's turbulent life, it seems noteworthy that he approached the end with a peaceful sense of successful completion. He wrote, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2Timothy 4:7 Paul looked confidently not to the world but to "the Lord, the righteous Judge" for approval and reward V8.
All the success and fame and fortune that we achieve will be nothing unless Jesus is our Savior and Lord of our life.
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." Matthew 6:33
-dave langerfeld
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