Summum bonum is a philosophical term meaning "the supreme good from which all others are derived." We all have one but it probably isn't what we say it is in our life. What is the evidence in our lives for what we say is our summum bonum. We can search about for what will be our summum bonum but likely what we will discover is that will change over time. We have to look to something unchangeable for that summum bonum. We have to ask what is God's summum bonum and then align with that since we are His image bearers to the world. Jesus tells us His summum bonum was to make the Father know, the Father's glory.
We have been sold a bill of goods in many churches in the 20th century in America. That bill of goods is that God's highest concern is with our health and wealth, prosperity. The Bible tells us that what God is more concerned with than my comfort is my character. His promise to those who would be His people is they can be His treasured possession if they obey His voice and keep my commandments. Jesus tells the disciples that the Great Commission is to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey all I have commanded you. Let's take this time of irregular life to check ourselves and re-align with God's summum bonum.
Exodus 9.1-8, Matthew 5.1-11 Matthew 9.35-10.23 and Psalm 100
