During this time of quarantine, we have a golden opportunity to meditate on what truly matters in our life. Under normal circumstances, we rush through life, impelled by the unseen forces of the urgent. For most of us, office work consumes the lion's share of our waking hours.

Now is the time to pause and examine what are the truly significant things in life. For example, some of you may have been sacrificing your family at the altar of ambition. Sadly, the ladder of success is littered with failed marriages and hurting children.

Jesus says, "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36). He pinpoints what is at stake in our daily choices. To pursue the things of this world at the expense of our relationship with God is to lose our soul. Countless people are passionate about the things of this world. That itself may not be out of place. But if such passion displaces the welfare of one's spiritual life, then something is wrong.

Pistol Pete may have died young, after all, life's supposed to start at 40. After retiring in the NBA, his life was miserable, and he even contemplated killing himself. But there is one thing he got right. Five years before his death, the Pistol acknowledged the lordship of Christ in his life. He devoted the remaining time of his life serving the Lord. In the end, the original "Showtime" found the true meaning of life.