The Ultimate FOMO

We all live with limits.

Time, energy, attention — they’re not endless. You can’t do everything. You can’t experience everything. You can’t win every race or make every memory.

But that doesn’t stop us from trying. Our world is obsessed with doing more, seeing more, achieving more — and we’re terrified of missing out.

FOMO — the fear of missing out — drives so much of life.

• What if I miss the best opportunity?
• What if I miss the most important relationship?
• What if I miss my one big chance?

But in the middle of that fear and frenzy, Jesus said something profoundly freeing:

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary.”
— Luke 10:41-42

Martha was busy, stressed, and trying to keep up. Sound familiar? But her sister Mary had chosen to sit at Jesus’ feet — to seek Him, listen to Him, and rest in Him.

And Jesus says: That’s the one thing necessary.

The One Thing You Really Can’t Miss

Jesus also said:

“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
— Matthew 6:33

In other words — if you chase everything else first, you’ll miss God.

But if you seek God first, you’ll have all that you truly need.

That’s the ultimate FOMO.

You can miss the promotion. Miss the trip. Miss the connection. Even miss the dream. But if you miss God — you’ve missed everything.

That Low Hum of Restlessness

If you’re honest, you’ve probably felt it — that low hum of restlessness. That nagging sense that even when life is full, something is still incomplete.

That’s your soul speaking. It’s telling you that you weren’t made to chase a thousand little things. You were made for the one big thing: knowing God.

St. Augustine put it like this:

“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.”

Don’t Miss Out

You can’t do everything — but you can do the one thing that matters.

Through Jesus Christ — His life, death, and resurrection — God invites you to know Him. To have peace. To have joy. To have a life that is whole and centered and full.

Don’t let the fear of missing out on lesser things keep you from the greatest thing.

“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”
— Mark 8:36

We’d love to help you explore this more at Central Presbyterian Church in Irvine. We’re ordinary people learning to keep Christ central — because when we seek Him first, everything else falls into place.

You’re invited. Don’t miss the one thing that actually matters.