Come Saturday, I'm going to teach a lot, all our questions, and by the time we have our classes, a lot of these things. Let me say, I won't say your questions will be answered; I'll say your questions will upgrade because life is not from question to answer; life is actually from question to question. The moment question sees life cease. Hallelujah.

One thing we're going to learn about life: everything will cost you; as a matter of fact, everything will cost you. There's something in economics called opportunity cost. It simply means every opportunity that you grab onto, whether you like it or not, will cost you another opportunity.

As you are listening to this voice note now, this choice, this decision you've made to listen to this voice note, will cost you something else you could be doing with your attention, and we as people have to make peace with the fact that life will always come with some kind of cost. Life will always come with some kind of loss, and wisdom teaches us how to choose losses that are in actuality a pathway to a greater gain, and while that can be expressed in every field of life, it is also expressed in this simple thing called meditation.

You have three things in front of you; oh my God, they're all interesting; they're all amazing, but guess what, my dear? You have only one attention, and you have to pick one at the cost of others. And you see, you need to do that very quickly. That's the issue we most times have; we're pulled away by so many things at the same time. FOMO has us at a stronghold. We're so caught up in what I'm going to miss if I don't go here to the point where we lose sight of what we can benefit from if we're here.

So sometimes we have to just tell ourselves, I know there's value in that thing that I'll push away, but there's value in what is in my hand right now. And I'm going to be willing to forego the value elsewhere so that I can fully benefit from the value of what is in my hands at this present moment. And the same thing with meditating on a scripture, on a sermon, or anything. You have to make a choice, and you have to stick to it with discipline.

These are things that we're going to teach, you see, because in life, especially in this social media age where our attention is now being traded for pennies, you see, Instagram uses you, you understand; every gauge you put upon their application, they monetize it.

So because of that, it's in their best interest that your mind is fragmented and frazzled by being overloaded with endless images, not being able to absorb anyone fully. You have to have a countersystem to this, where I'm able to make peace with missing out on something because what has already been given to me is very valuable. Are you following me? So when you're with some options, you have to choose and choose quickly and discipline yourself to stick to your choice. It's as simple as that.

So you're going to say, which one? Which one speaks to you the most? Out of all three, there's one that will speak to you the most. Once you identify it, pick it, and don't be like Lot's wife, you understand, because that story also teaches about meditation, which I'll explain a lot on Saturday. That was a story of meditation. They said, leave Sodom and Gomorrah, head to the mountains, and don't look back. That is, don't break your meditation. I've given you a focus for your destiny, my friend; don't let there be any derailment. I know there's enjoyment on the left and right, but I tell you, what is in front of you is greater, and don't, don't, don't shift your gaze.

The average man shifts his gaze, but the Son of God can remain steadfast until he acquires the prize that God has for him. So every blessed day, there's a prize that God has for you, but it's always going to cost you something. You understand? You need to make peace with paying a price. God bless you.